Here's an interesting article on objectification that I found recently which was posted by the Times of India. It makes for an interesting read especially in out 'image obsessed' society...
Concentrating on your partners' physical attractiveness may make you less happy in relationships, according to a new study.
The study also found that magazines and movies that portray people as sex objects can cause you to see your partner in that light, though not yourself, reports Live Science.
Self-objectification when a person is obsessively concerned about how he or she looks has been shown to affect women's self-image, school performance and life happiness. But this quality hasn't been studied much in the context of romantic relationships.
Partner-objectification, where that focus is placed on a partner's physical qualities over everything else, hasn't been studied at all in this context.
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