Women who objectify other women: The vicious circle of objectification?

Sex Roles

Volumn 52, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 707-712

  Strelan, Peter ^a   Hargreaves, Duane ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Men; Objectification; Self objectification; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744476695     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-3737-3     Document Type: Review

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