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In reply to the discussion: LUV capitalism!!! Study shows hyper-sexualization of women by the media has increased 10 fold... [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)which to look at cultures and people.
However, I *do* object to these particular sociologists engaging in a tired process of hyping results in a way that presents them as quantified and solidly scientific. Sorry, "hyper-sexualization" as a real concept that applies to, for instance, Rolling Stone covers, is a completely subjective label. Now, maybe as you say in the paper that costs 35 bucks to read, they acknowledge as much and present a rational case for offering some statistical analysis of what is, again, a subjective opinion.
But the problem with these "studies" is that they are piled upon each other and cross-referenced (you can see it elsewhere in this thread) to provide the basis for arguments presented as 'scientific' which are, again, no such thing.
I am not the only person to lodge this objection to this kind of thing. There is a tremendous amount of bad "science" out there, much of it agenda and ideology-driven, and everybody knows it.