In 2006 it was reported that men sexually assaulted 754 women in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Due to the prevalence of domestic violence and sexual assault in our community, a domestic violence and rape ...

Artist Dinorá Justice was inspired by the opportunity to recast examples of objectification. She looked to Orientalism — the West’s limited depictions of the Eastern world — and the work of renowned ...

Objectification is a form of relational trauma that is often overlooked in therapy. Instead of a full person with their own thoughts, feelings, and needs, objectification means treating someone as an ...

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October brings all that is beautiful about autumn, with its glorious colors and cooler temperatures, but it also carries with it a darker underside, as it’s known as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

A series of three studies found that women who are more prone to self-objectification tend to have reduced empathy, both affective and cognitive. These women were also more likely to experience ...

According to objectification theory, women become culturally desexualized during midlife and have the opportunity to let go of their propensity to self-objectify. In young women, self-objectification ...

In response to gym harassment and objectification, many women have been trying out single sex gyms. Some gym-goers say women's-only gyms provide a safe, supportive environment. However, experts ...

Several personality traits related to psychopathy -- especially being openly antagonistic -- predict a tendency to view others as merely sex objects, finds a study by psychologists at Emory University ...