Thin, Sexy Women and Strong, Muscular Men: Grade-School Children's Responses to Objectified Images of Women and Men

Sex Roles

Volumn 49, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 427-437

  Murnen, Sarah K ^a   Smolak, Linda ^a   Mills, J Andrew ^a   Good, Lindsey ^a  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Media images; Objectification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142153677     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025868320206     Document Type: Review

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