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First published on October 5, 2007
The Counseling Psychologist 2007, doi:10.1177/0011000007301669
© 2007 Division of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association

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Examining Objectification Theory: Lesbian and Heterosexual Women's Experiences With Sexual and Self-Objectification

Melanie S. Hill* and Ann R. Fischer

State University of New York at New Paltz

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: hillm{at}newpaltz.edu.


  Abstract
Many theorists have suggested that living in a culture in which women’s bodies are sexually objectified socializes girls and women to treat themselves as objects. This study developed a theory-based measure of cultural sexual objectification and explored the relationship between women’s reports of cultural sexual objectification experiences and self-objectification. The possible moderating effects of sexual orientation were explored using hierarchical moderated regressions. The major findings, in a sample of 361 women, were (a) women’s reports of sexualized gaze/harassment were significantly related to their own self-objectification, (b) lesbian and heterosexual women reported similar levels of sexualized gaze/harassment, and (c) the relationship between sexualized gaze/harassment and self-objectification was not significantly different for the lesbian and heterosexual subsamples. Potential implications for counseling and directions for future research are discussed.
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