In a paper about a study done by Rachel
M. Calogero tittled A test of
objectification theory: The effect of the male gaze on appearance concerns in college
women, the study had 105 female college students participants who were told
that they would be interacting with either a male or female or no one at all
(the control), then told to complete questionnaires after they have interacted
with a male or female to see if this
interaction or gaze expectation male or
female, would or would not affect the way the participants would feel about
themselves when it came to something like their body. The study concluded that
women in a society where women are treated or seen as objects are very likely
to have self-objectification or sexual objectification. And that even when
exposed to self-objectification at an early age, the self-objectification
theory is real and negatively affects women throughout their lives. (Calogero)
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