Men’s Objectifying Media Consumption, Objectification of Women, and Attitudes Supportive of Violence Against Women
@article{Wright2016MensOM, title={Men’s Objectifying Media Consumption, Objectification of Women, and Attitudes Supportive of Violence Against Women}, author={P. J. Wright and Robert S. Tokunaga}, journal={Archives of Sexual Behavior}, year={2016}, volume={45}, pages={955-964} }
A recent White House Council Report on Women and Girls called attention to sexual assault on college campuses and encouraged continued research on this important public health problem. Media that sexually objectify women have been identified by feminist scholars as encouraging of sexual assault, but some researchers question why portrayals that do not feature sexual assault should affect men’s attitudes supportive of violence against women. Guided by the concepts of specific and abstract sexual… CONTINUE READING
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