The effects of advertisements that sexually objectify women on state body dissatisfaction and judgments of women: The moderating roles of gender and internalization

Krawczyk, Ross; Thompson, J. Kevin

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2015.08.001

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“…First, as has been suggested in previous research in which some participants have been found to rate their own appearance more highly after viewing thin-ideal images (Mills et al 2002), some participants in the control condition of the current study may also have been inspired towards self-enhancement by viewing thin-ideal images (Mills et al 2002), resulting in greater body satisfaction. Second, the experimental images were conservative relative to other studies (Krawczyk and Thompson 2015), and did not show the extreme levels of thinness that may be required to produce body satisfaction changes, or third, the ubiquity of thin-ideal media images in Western cultures may have reduced their impact such that presentation of ten thin-ideal images in a controlled setting is not sufficient to change body satisfaction (Perloff 2014). …”

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confidence: 91%

Does Media Literacy Mitigate Risk for Reduced Body Satisfaction Following Exposure to Thin-Ideal Media?

McLean

Paxton

Wertheim

2016

J Youth Adolescence

132

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Exposure to thin-ideal media can contribute to increased body dissatisfaction in adolescent girls. Understanding the factors that may prevent or exacerbate the negative effects of media exposure on body satisfaction is important to facilitate prevention of these problems. This study evaluated the effects of exposure to thin-ideal media images on body image in three instructional set experimental conditions: appearance comparison, peer norms, and control. An important aim was to examine baseline levels of media literacy as a protective factor and trait thin-ideal internalization and trait upward appearance comparison as risk factors. Early adolescent girls (N = 246) completed baseline measures and one week later viewed thin-ideal media images, before and after which they rated their state body satisfaction. Participants in the appearance comparison instruction but not peer norms instruction condition had significantly reduced body satisfaction. Media literacy, particularly high levels of critical thinking, mitigated the negative effects of trait thin-ideal internalization and trait upward appearance comparison on body satisfaction outcomes. These findings provide evidence for the role of media literacy as a protective factor against the negative effects on body satisfaction of exposure to thin-ideal media images, and also provide evidence to support the development and implementation of media literacy-based body image interventions.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 91%

Does Media Literacy Mitigate Risk for Reduced Body Satisfaction Following Exposure to Thin-Ideal Media?

McLean

Paxton

Wertheim

2016

J Youth Adolescence

132

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“…I decided that any man who judged my attractiveness on having hairless legs was not someone I wanted to attract. (P173, 33, Pākehā, heterosexual, married)Women’s worth continues to be defined by appearance (Krawczyk & Thompson, 2015; Kwan & Trautner, 2009), so taking up this position of resistance might indeed be what some participants described as “brave.” Participant 173 described her willingness to limit her romantic options to meet a set of values, positioning her lack of hair removal as tied to individual integrity and authenticity – a choice in the face of social pressure. Resistance to “trivial” constructions of conventional beauty is thus presented as a matter of internal strength or a particular type of confidence.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Women's worth continues to be defined by appearance (Krawczyk & Thompson, 2015;Kwan & Trautner, 2009), so taking up this position of resistance might indeed be what some participants described as "brave." Participant 173 described her willingness to limit her romantic options to meet set of values, positioning her lack of hair removal as tied to individual integrity and authenticity -a choice in the face of social pressure.…”

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confidence: 99%

Negotiating the hairless ideal in Āotearoa/New Zealand: Choice, awareness, complicity, and resistance in younger women's accounts of body hair removal

Terry

Braun

Jayamaha

et al. 2017

Feminism & Psychology

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Hair removal amongst Western women is ubiquitous, and research continues to highlight the ongoing conformity of almost all women with hair removal practices. Often women are presented as either cultural dupes, following the expectations of the Western hairless ideal without question, or highly engaged participants in the rigours of beauty work, using it for their own agentic purposes. This paper seeks to explore the various ways that younger women (18-35) made sense of their own and others' hair removal practices. We report on a thematic analysis of data generated from an online (mostly) qualitative survey with 299 female-identified respondents. Four themes were constructed from these data: (1) women should do what they want with their body hair, (2) removing hair is socially shaped, (3) begrudging complicity, and (4) resistance to hair removal norms takes a particular kind of woman. We discuss the ways in which women described their practices and thinking where they seemed simultaneously complicit with and resistant to idealised notions of feminine embodiment.

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“…In agreement with others studies 27,28 , in the present study women had higher scores of EE behavior compared to men. According to Gattellari and Huon 28 and Krawczyk and Thompson 29 , women who adhere to dietary restrictions mainly have general concerns about their body image and the type of food they eat. The current literature suggests that inappropriate feeding practices to improve body composition are common in women 30 .…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emotional eating is related to carbohydrate intake in active women

Santos

Melo

Rosa

et al. 2016

Motriz: rev. educ. fis.

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Background: Physical exercise may contribute to changes in eating behavior. Aims: to investigate eating behavior and reported energy intake in physically active individuals. Methods: Thirty-nine healthy adults of both sexes, who were involved in physical fitness training, were enrolled to participate in the study. A food diary and the TFEQ-21 was used for energy intake measurement and eating behaviors identification. Results: All participants showed acceptable levels of all evaluated behaviors:

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The effects of advertisements that sexually objectify women on state body dissatisfaction and judgments of women: The moderating roles of gender and internalization

Cited by 37 publications

References 44 publications

Does Media Literacy Mitigate Risk for Reduced Body Satisfaction Following Exposure to Thin-Ideal Media?

Does Media Literacy Mitigate Risk for Reduced Body Satisfaction Following Exposure to Thin-Ideal Media?

Negotiating the hairless ideal in Āotearoa/New Zealand: Choice, awareness, complicity, and resistance in younger women's accounts of body hair removal

Emotional eating is related to carbohydrate intake in active women

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