Sinful flesh: Sexual objectification threatens women's moral self

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1042-1048

  Chen, Zhansheng ^a   Teng, Fei ^a   Zhang, Hong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contamination; Sexual objectification; Sinful feeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883625620     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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