Self-Objectification in Women

Self-Objectification in Women

What is self-objectification and why it is important?

Self-objectification is the tendency for women to evaluate themselves based on their appearance, because they believe it, others judge them. Self-objectification can lead to the usual monitoring of its appearance, feelings of body shame because of the failure of the physical ideal, and ultimately, disordered eating as a way to improve their appearance. Although it has been suggested that socialization agents such as the media to teach women to self-objectify, it has not been adequately tested.

As shown Alison Heru, women know about the hope that they turn into objects for other [1]. With advances in technology, there was even stronger attraction to desensitized masses of objectification itself the ideals of society. Media exposed to idealized images of what women should look through the vast bombardment of images in advertising, television shows, etc. The impact of these images may lead to increased body shame and appearance anxiety, two themes strongly correlated to self-objectification [2]. Although it is not safe to assume, photos and media to blame for self-objectification of women, it is very logical to conclude the mass abundance of photos, especially those including an idealized image, the strengthening of basic emotions that trigger self-objectification in young women [3].

Another topic of consideration, why do women own their bodies to embody the social structure, they often find themselves in. Our bodies are constantly watching, evaluation, and perhaps objectified. One way to more restrained sexual body through sight, or visual inspection. Numerous studies have been conducted at a glance, and even precedes the eye. Studies consistently show that the male gaze, as well as anticipated male gaze, has a negative impact on women [4]. Objectification of view is in three main areas: current interpersonal and social contacts, visual media, which portrays the personal and social contacts, and in clashes with visual media, which implicitly spotlights organs and parts of the body (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997). Shockingly enough, a woman victim of view of the alarmingly high rates compared to their male counterparts.

Look very big contribution to why women themselves objecify. Perhaps the most psychological effect based Self-Objectification theory of motivation for why women continue to self-objectify themselves. Social treatment can trick or force women to take hits on their own, and further build on this and saw themselves as objects. Social psychology theories, such as the effective theory of socialization Costanzo (1992), could give an explanation about how internalization can evolve independently. Other studies have shown that the empirical body of a woman's appearance or physical attractiveness may determine her life experiences, or that physical beauty translates to power for women. Considering these aspects, it is not surprising that women are expected consequences of their appearance, and highly to see it for yourself.

Similarly, the social psychology of the individual sense of self is a social construction based on the way other people view and treat them, are called "mirror me" by Cooley (1902.1990). In addition, studies have shown that positive self-concept of ...