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Sexual Content In Music's Relationship With Consumers' Body Image, Sexualization And Objectification, Marika Gilbert
Sexual Content In Music's Relationship With Consumers' Body Image, Sexualization And Objectification, Marika Gilbert
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The current study examined the relationship between sexual content in popular pop, rap, and R&B music videos and female consumers’ body image, self-objectification, the objectification of other women, and self-esteem. The current study had two main hypotheses: (1) exposure to sexual content in music videos would be negatively correlated with women’s body image, self-objectification, and the objectification of other women and (2) Women’s body image and self-objectification would mediate the relationship between exposure to sexual content in music videos and self-esteem. Participants included 308 female college students who answered questions related to the study aims online. Exposure to sexual content …