Women: The Role Of Objectification In Women

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Women especially have been found to be emotionally affected by objectification. Psychologists have reported that objectification causes the emotion of shame and anxiety. Humans want to be seen as more than just a tool for offspring, to some extent this may be because we want to be viewed as more evolved than other species. Women especially feel pressured to look good. Because of the males objectifying and the high standards set by the media women are constantly judging their own appearance. “The habitual body monitoring encouraged by a culture that sexually objectifies the female body can lead women to experience shame that is recurrent, difficult to alleviate, and constructed as a matter of morality “ (Fredrickson, page 10). Women don’t want

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