文化对女性自我客体化的影响及内在机制

Culture's Effects on Women's Self-objectification and Hypothesized Mechanisms

自我客体化指女性采用旁观者视角观察或者评价自己,将自己的身体、身体部位或者性功能从自我中抽离出来,用来代表个体本身的价值或者将其视为纯粹的工具。以往研究重点探讨自我客体化对女性身心健康方面的消极影响,很少关注自我客体化形成的社会文化背景。通过梳理社会文化因素对自我客体化的影响,对比自我客体化的跨文化研究,对文化影响自我客体化的内在机制进行探讨。文化通过影响自我来影响个体的态度及行为,不同的文化氛围通过对女性自我价值感和自我意识的潜移默化的影响,提高了女性自我客体化水平,并进一步对女性身心健康产生了消极的影响。最后,从研究方向和研究方法的角度为未来自我客体化的探索提供新的思路。

Sexual objectification is the experience of being treated as a body （or collection of body parts） valued predomi- nantly for its use to （or consumption by） others. The internalization of an observer＇s perspective on the physical self is called self-objectification. Present studies have paid much attention to the negative results of self-objectification on women＇s health and well-being. However, few studies have investigated the causes of self-objectification in the aspect of culture. After reviewing the effects of culture on self-objectification and comparing the cross-cultural stud- on self-objectification, the hypothesized mechanisms have been discussed. Culture has influence on attitudes and behaviors of individuals through its effects on self, and different cultures have influences on self-objectification through self-worth and self-consciousness and have negative Finally, this study attempts to provide another direction and consequences on women＇s mental and physical health. method for future exploration on self-objectification.