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Mattis Collegiate Professor of Psychology\n\nLecture Title: The Sea We Swim In: Exploring the Impact of Media\u2019s Sexualization of Girls and Women\n\nLecture Abstract: The mainstream media have emerged as prominent forces in the gender and sexual socialization of American youth, with teens consuming nearly 8 hours of media a day. This content is often highly gendered, offering specific scripts and expectations for women and others for men. Unfortunately, portrayals of femininity are somewhat limited, with heavy emphasis on their beauty, sexiness, and sexual appeal, and less attention to their intellect and other competencies. How might regular exposure to this content shape how girls and young women view themselves and their abilities? Objectification theory argues that regular exposure to sexually objectifying content gradually socializes girls and women to objectify themselves, to view themselves as objects to be valued based on their appearance. 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