African American Women's Sexual Objectification Experiences: A Qualitative Study

Autor/inn/en	Watson, Laurel B.; Robinson, Dawn; Dispenza, Franco; Nazari, Negar
Titel	African American Women's Sexual Objectification Experiences: A Qualitative Study
Quelle	In: Psychology of Women Quarterly, 36 (2012) 4, S.458-475 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0361-6843
DOI	10.1177/0361684312454724
Schlagwörter	Females; Gender Bias; Slavery; Ideology; Grounded Theory; Sexual Abuse; Graduate Students; Mental Health Workers; Semi Structured Interviews; Psychologists; Sexuality; Qualitative Research; Feminism; Racial Bias; Social Class; Social Structure; Safety; Anxiety; Eating Habits; Emotional Response; Interpersonal Relationship; Psychological Patterns; Coping + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterstereotyp; Sklaverei; Ideologie; Sexueller Missbrauch; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Psychiater; Psychologist; Psychologe; Psychologin; Sexualität; Qualitative Forschung; Feminismus; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Sozialstruktur; Sicherheit; Angst; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Emotionales Verhalten; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Bewältigung
Abstract	The purpose of our study was to investigate African American women's experiences with sexual objectification. Utilizing grounded theory methodology as well as Black feminist thought and objectification theory as the research lenses, the results of this study uncovered how racist, sexist, and classist ideologies contributed to sexual objectification experiences (SOEs) among African American women. Twenty African American female graduate students and others recruited from a campus community participated in semistructured interviews. Data revealed a number of different sociocultural factors that contributed to the sexual objectification of African American women (i.e., historical influence of slavery, sexualized views and images of African American women, and patriarchal social structure). These factors were observed to contribute to different forms of sexual objectification, ranging from comments and objectifying gazes to more extreme forms, such as sexual abuse. Participants described a number of effects of sexual objectification, including self-objectification, physical safety anxiety, eating concerns, psychological/emotional, and interpersonal. Participants also described how they coped with and grew from these experiences. Psychologists and mental health professionals are encouraged to consider how African American women's SOEs are rooted in racism, sexism, and classism. Furthermore, these practitioners are urged to develop an awareness of how these oppressions intersect and contribute to the sexual objectification of African American women. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10