In the Margins: The Impact of Sexualised Images on the Mental Health of Ageing Women

Sex Roles

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 632-646

  Hine, Rochelle ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body image; Feminist standpoint theory; Mental health; Older women; Self objectification; Sexualised images

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053563761     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-9978-4     Document Type: Article

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