Titolo Forme contemporanee di oggettivazione sessuale: la ragazza immagine Periodico Psicologia sociale Anno: 2020 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 225 - Pagina finale: 252
The research analyses in an exploratory way the work of image girls within discos, defined as sexually objectifying environments. In a first qualitative study, 15 interviews with image girls were conducted and show six main themes that highlight different aspects of sexual objectification and self-objectification characterizing their experience. A second quantitative study, aimed at capturing the people’s judgments about this work and its protagonists, shows that the image girls are not perceived negatively by the considered sample (N = 294), but higher levels of sexism are associated with more devaluing perceptions.