Do Self-Objectified Women Believe Themselves to Be Free? Sexual Objectification and Belief in Personal Free Will

Do Self-Objectified Women Believe Themselves to Be Free? Sexual Objectification and Belief in Personal Free Will

The present study aims to investigate the indirect link between sexual objectification and belief in personal free will. We hypothesized that being subjected to objectifying commentary would lead women to self-objectify and, in turn, to perceive themselves as having less personal free will. In this...

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Main Authors: Cristina Baldissarri, Luca Andrighetto, Alessandro Gabbiadini, Roberta Rosa Valtorta, Alessandra Sacino, Chiara Volpato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
sexual domain
objectifying gaze
self-objectification
mental states
belief in free will
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01867/full

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