{"id":17765,"date":"2015-04-22T14:32:19","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T18:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/?p=17765"},"modified":"2015-04-25T22:54:06","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T02:54:06","slug":"young-women-objectify-themselves-more-browsing-facebook-and-magazines-than-media-types","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/2015\/04\/young-women-objectify-themselves-more-browsing-facebook-and-magazines-than-media-types\/","title":{"rendered":"Young women objectify themselves more browsing Facebook and magazines than media types"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the Sage Publications media release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/teen-girls-posing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14927\" src=\"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/teen-girls-posing.jpg\" alt=\"teen girls posing\" width=\"290\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a>Though it is widely believed that the media objectifies women, <strong>women further diminish themselves by constantly comparing their bodies to others&#8217;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of how much time young women devote to viewing television, music videos and using the internet, <strong>they will compare their appearances more frequently to photos in magazines and on Facebook<\/strong>, finds a new paper published today in <em>Psychology of Women Quarterly<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our research shows that <strong>spending more time reading magazines and on Facebook is associated with greater self-objectification among young women and these relationships are influenced by women&#8217;s tendency to compare their appearance to others, particularly to peers on Facebook<\/strong>,&#8221; the researchers commented.<\/p>\n<p>Surveying 150 female college students and staff ages 17-25, researchers Jasmine Fardouly et al., <strong>also found the following connections between type of media, comparing the way women look, and self-objectification<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Magazines, though significantly related to self-objectification, are infrequently read by women.<\/li>\n<li>On average, the women spent about two hours a day on Facebook, accounting for 40% of daily internet use, and check the site every few hours.<\/li>\n<li>Facebook users compare their appearance most often to their own images, then to those of their peers, and rarely to images of family members and celebrities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The researchers discussed reasoning for this finding. For example, unlike TV and music videos, on Facebook, users can compare pictures of themselves with their peers or past images of themselves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The researchers also note that self-comparisons may lead to greater self-objectification for women as they look at themselves literally as an observer<\/strong>. They wrote, &#8220;Furthermore, self-comparisons to images of a previous self might engender a greater focus on specific body parts, also contributing to self-objectification.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To help young women stop comparing themselves and promote wellness, <strong>the researchers recommend that young women post fewer images of themselves on Facebook and follow people on Facebook who post photos less frequently<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers continued, &#8220;This was one of the first studies which shows that appearance comparisons partially account for the relationship between media usage and self-objectification. Young women report spending long periods of time on Facebook and <strong>this research highlights some of the potential negative influences that Facebook may have on how young women view their body<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Sage Publications media release: Though it is widely believed that the media objectifies women, women further diminish themselves by constantly comparing their bodies to others&#8217;. 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