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DOI:10.1177/0361684315602887
Corpus ID: 145434617

@article{Holland2016CuteLT, title={Cute Little Things}, author={Elise Holland and Nick Haslam}, journal={Psychology of Women Quarterly}, year={2016}, volume={40}, pages={108 - 119}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:145434617}}

Elise Holland, N. Haslam
Published 1 March 2016
Psychology
Psychology of Women Quarterly

In two studies, we examined the impact of sexualization of prepubescent girls on college students’ perceptions of girls’ mental capacity and moral standing. Previous research has shown that women depicted in sexualized and other body-focused ways are perceived as lacking mental capacities and moral standing; these perceptions reduce concern about them when they are victimized. However, no other research to date has examined whether the same effects hold for young girls. Study 1 demonstrated…

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