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Sexual objectification pushes women away

The role of decreased likability

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ID10900751
AuthorsFei Teng (0000-0003-0371-1142, South China Normal University Guangzhou China, corresponding author), Zhansheng Chen (0000-0003-0873-3391, The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong), Kai-Tak Poon (0000-0002-5651-1227, Education University of Hong Kong), Kai‐Tak Poon (The Hong Kong Institute of Education Hong Kong), Denghao Zhang (0000-0003-4637-4422, Renmin University of China Beijing China, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume45
Issue1
Pages77-87
Publication date2015-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0046-2772 • E-ISSN: 1099-0992
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ejsp.2070
OpenAlexW1918977947
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited56

The present investigation examined the effect of sexual objectification on women's intention to affiliate with men. We predicted that women would perceive an objectifier as less likable following sexual objectification and thus would distance themselves from the perpetrator. Study 1 found that objectification led female participants to perceive their male partner as less likable and to be less willing to affiliate with the partner. Study 2 replicated Study 1 in a concurrent interpersonal interaction and extended these effects to a man having a similar background with the perpetrator. Study 3 showed that power moderated the effect of sexual objectification on women's interaction intention such that only women with equal or low power (as compared to the objectifier) decreased their affiliation intention toward the objectifier, whereas high‐power women did not show this effect. Implications of these findings were discussed. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Developmental psychology · Interpersonal communication · Objectification · Partner effects · Power (physics) · Sexual behavior · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology

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