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Sexual objectification towards women is covered in the Sexual Objectification Theory of Fredrickson and Roberts (1997), and refers to the act of looking at, treating and valuing a woman based on the use that can be given to her body or parts. of his body for the sexual pleasure of others.
Now, research carried out by psychologists at the University of Kent suggests that sexual objectification in adolescence is the first step towards gender aggression and an important predictor of antisocial acts towards women in adulthood.
The study, led by Dr. Eduardo Vasquez of the School of Psychology at the University of Kent, looked at young gang members and those without gang affiliation (a total of 273 participants between 12 and 16 years old) from a school London secondary school located in an area characterized by gang and crime problems.
The results indicate that the link between objectification and aggression is manifested and palpable from a fairly early stage (the beginning of adolescence) and leads to a suggestion that defines women as a sexual object or susceptible to being taken advantage of. By others. So, high rates of sexual objectification during adolescence could also be predictors of aggression towards girls and young women (and therefore, towards the female sex in adulthood).
Additionally, the study identified important influence and consequence factors, namely:
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- That violent television programs and video games are related to the development of a perception of sexual objectification and aggression towards girls.
- That sexual objectification is reinforced and strengthened over the years, so that it is even more difficult to modify.
- That social factors that influence the creation of an image of women as objects and not as individuals (including television and video games) could, at the same time, seriously increase the risk of antisocial acts towards girls.
The study was published by the journal “Psychology, Crime and Law”.
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