This review summarizes recent findings (2000–2020) concerning media's contributions to
the development of gender stereotypes in children and adolescents. Content analyses …

Media representations play an important role in producing sociocultural pressures. Despite
social and legal progress in civil rights, restrictive gender-based representations appear to …

Given the heightened attention to visual impression management on social media websites,
previous research has demonstrated an association between Facebook use and objectified …

Historically, pro-versus anti-pornography debates have been positioned around the
concepts of sexual objectification versus sexual agency—arguing that pornography …

Attentive to the collision of sex and power, we add momentum to the ongoing development
of the subfield of critical sexuality studies. We argue that this body of work is defined by its …

Abstract In Australia and Canada, the sexual health needs of migrant and refugee women
have been of increasing concern, because of their underutilization of sexual health services …

Although the media are believed to be instrumental in transmitting messages about both
traditional femininity and Black femininity to Black youth, there is little empirical evidence …

Through a conceptual analysis of sexual agency, I consider the limitations and distortions of
what we typically recognize as agency and whom we recognize as agents. I argue that the …

Media that sexually objectify women by portraying them in ways that emphasize physical
beauty and sexual readiness as well as reduce them to decorative and sexual objects have …

Both traditional gender roles and traditional heterosexual scripts outline sexual roles for
women that center on sexual passivity, prioritizing others' needs, and self-silencing …