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How Objectifying Women Confronts Existential Fears (but that doesn't make it okay)

A closer look at the motivation to dehumanize, through Terror Management Theory

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Mar 07, 2023
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“Anything that reminds us of our connection to other creatures is threatening, because physical creatures die,” says Dr. Jamie Goldenberg. 

Dr. Goldenberg is one of my guests on this week’s episode of the Modern Intimacy podcast, along with her colleague, Roxanne Felig. Both are researchers at the University of South Florida who study objectification and…

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