It is no secret that, throughout the ages, women’s bodies have been the source of nearly constant objectification. The ubiquity of social media has further enabled this objectification, as women’s ...

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 ...

Bassist weaves her story with criticism of how society stifles women's voices. In "Hysterical," writer Elissa Bassist shares her "journey to reclaim her authentic voice in a culture that doesn't ...

Makenzie Schroeder and Lissa Behm-Morawitz at the University of Missouri recently released a study about how using social media filters to change one’s appearance can lead to a phenomenon called ...

It started with a TikTok trend. Makenzie Schroeder, a graduate student in the University of Missouri's College of Arts and Science, noticed people were posting filtered photos of themselves looking ...