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thin women:strong men as object:subject?

In this article, “Thin, Sexy Women and Strong, Muscular Men” published in the November 2003 issue of Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, Sarah K. Murnen and her colleagues discuss the effects of rising discrepancies between images of women presented by the media and the size body of the average American woman. Body dissatisfaction is [...]

Positive Portrayal or Objectification?

  Female sexuality in popular culture is usually indicated by the degree to which the female in question is an object of another’s desire, not a subject. Women who express sexual desire must be hot (read: skinny, young, buxom) or their sexuality is construed as too repulsive and vulgar to conform to social norms. Men, [...]