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African American Women’s Sexual Objectification Experiences

A Qualitative Study

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12005205
AutoresLaurel B Watson (0000-0003-2539-4467, Counseling and Psychological Services, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA, autor de correspondencia), Dawn Robinson (0000-0002-7183-2045, Counseling and Psychological Services, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA), Franco Dispenza (0000-0001-8292-7501, Counseling and Psychological Services, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA), Negar Nazari (Counseling and Psychological Services, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA)
Año2012
Volumen36
Número4
Páginas458-475
Fecha de publicación2012-08-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPsychology of Women Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0361-6843 • E-ISSN: 1471-6402
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0361684312454724
OpenAlexW2011855528
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas57
Referencias citadas48

The purpose of our study was to investigate African American women’s experiences with sexual objectification. Utilizing grounded theory methodology as well as Black feminist thought and objectification theory as the research lenses, the results of this study uncovered how racist, sexist, and classist ideologies contributed to sexual objectification experiences (SOEs) among African American women. Twenty African American female graduate students and others recruited from a campus community participated in semistructured interviews. Data revealed a number of different sociocultural factors that contributed to the sexual objectification of African American women (i.e., historical influence of slavery, sexualized views and images of African American women, and patriarchal social structure). These factors were observed to contribute to different forms of sexual objectification, ranging from comments and objectifying gazes to more extreme forms, such as sexual abuse. Participants described a number of effects of sexual objectification, including self-objectification, physical safety anxiety, eating concerns, psychological/emotional, and interpersonal. Participants also described how they coped with and grew from these experiences. Psychologists and mental health professionals are encouraged to consider how African American women’s SOEs are rooted in racism, sexism, and classism. Furthermore, these practitioners are urged to develop an awareness of how these oppressions intersect and contribute to the sexual objectification of African American women

Objectification · Political science · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Psychology · Social Psychology

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