Sexually objectifying portrayals of women are a frequent occurrence in mainstream media,
raising questions about the potential impact of exposure to this content on others' …

Abstract Objectification theory (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997) provides a framework for
understanding how cultural pressure on women's appearance (ie, sexual objectification) …

Grounded in theoretical principle, Media Effects and Society help students make the
connection between mass media and the impact it has on society as a whole. The text also …

Studies of the impact of the mainstream mass media on young people's sexual behavior
have been slow to accumulate despite longstanding evidence of substantial sexual content …

Although adolescents' sexual health is generally better when parents and adolescents
communicate about sex and sexuality, researchers have found parents can be reluctant to …

CONTEXT Parents, peers and media are informal sources of sexual information for
adolescents. Although the content of sexual information communicated by these sources is …

The present study investigated the relationship between different types of sexual media use
(ie, sexually explicit internet material, sexually oriented reality TV, and sexy self …

Research on how sexual music videos affect beliefs related to sexual aggression is rare and
has not differentiated between the effects of music videos by male and female artists …

The Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls, published in 2007, is one of
the most frequently accessed APA reports. The task force was formed and report was …

While previous studies have addressed symbolic implications of lesbian dildo usage and
quantitative findings about women's vibrator use, little research has assessed women's …