Sex Object vs. Athlete: Boys' and Men's Responses Toward Sexualized Male Athletes.
Using a between-participants experimental paradigm, the present study investigated U.S. adolescent boys' (n = 96) and college men's (n = 194) attitudes toward media images of male athletes as well as their thoughts about the athletes. Participants viewed either sexualized (i.e., skin exposed, sexual...
| Published in: | Sex Roles Vol. 85; no. 9/10; pp. 528 - 542 |
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