TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - A preliminary experimental study of self-objectification and risky sex behavior among a university sample of cisgender women in the US
JO  - Archives of sexual behavior
A1  - Ingram, Katherine M.
A1  - Collado, Anahi
A1  - Felton, Julia W.
A1  - Yi, Richard
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Self-objectification is associated with a number of negative mental and behavioral outcomes. Though previous research has established associations between self-objectification and risky sex, no study to date has examined whether self-objectification affects propensity to engage in risky sex. The current research employed an experimental design to examine the effect of heightened self-objectification on a laboratory analog of risky sex (n = 181). We observed that when college-attending women experienced a heightened state of self-objectification, they were more likely to engage in sex without a condom and less likely to wait to use a condom with a highly desirable partner. Given the frequency of intended and unintended objectifying messages that young women face, this increase in willingness to engage in risky sex behavior represents a consequential health concern.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0004-0002
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02510-5
ID  - ref1
ER  -