Gender, Self-Objectification and Pubic Hair Removal

Sex Roles

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 506-517

  Smolak, Linda ^a   Murnen, Sarah K ^a  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body hair removal; Body image; Objectification theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053574277     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9922-z     Document Type: Article

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