TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the Role of Culture in Sexual Objectification
T2 - A Seven Nations Study
AU - Loughnan, Steve
AU - Fernandez, Silvia
AU - Vaes, Jeroen
AU - Anjum, Gulnaz
AU - Aziz, Mudassar
AU - Harada, Chika
AU - Holland, Elise
AU - Singh, Indramani
AU - Puvia, Elisa
AU - Tsuchiya, Koji
N1 - No DOI
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Sexual objectification – seeing or treating a person as a sexual object – has been the topic of considerable investigation. Building from a longstanding recognition of the potential importance of culture in sexual objectification, this paper focuses on the extent to which people in different parts of the world objectify themselves and others. We explore sexual objectification amongst 588 people in seven diverse nations (i.e., Australia, India, Italy, Japan, Pakistan, the UK, and the USA). Participants completed standard measures of self- and other-objectification. The results revealed that culture does effect self- and other-objectification, with objectification emerging more robustly in Australia, Italy, the UK, and the USA than it did in India, Japan, and Pakistan. These findings help support theoretical claims that culture matters for sexual objectification. Future research directions are discussed.
AB - Sexual objectification – seeing or treating a person as a sexual object – has been the topic of considerable investigation. Building from a longstanding recognition of the potential importance of culture in sexual objectification, this paper focuses on the extent to which people in different parts of the world objectify themselves and others. We explore sexual objectification amongst 588 people in seven diverse nations (i.e., Australia, India, Italy, Japan, Pakistan, the UK, and the USA). Participants completed standard measures of self- and other-objectification. The results revealed that culture does effect self- and other-objectification, with objectification emerging more robustly in Australia, Italy, the UK, and the USA than it did in India, Japan, and Pakistan. These findings help support theoretical claims that culture matters for sexual objectification. Future research directions are discussed.
M3 - Article
SN - 0992-986X
VL - 28
SP - 125
EP - 152
JO - International Review of Social Psychology
JF - International Review of Social Psychology
ER -