Moralizing Women's Bodies

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Women's bodies are moralized more than men's, study finds

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People tend to view women's bodies through a moral lens far more often than men’s bodies.

This means when considering issues related to bodily autonomy, such as decisions about appearance or health, people are more likely to frame these as moral questions for women but not for men.

This tendency could help explain why society often places stricter controls and judgments on women.

Participants rated purity, harm, authority and tradition, and loyalty as more important reasons for opposing women being topless.

Further analysis explored whether sexist beliefs played a role in moralizing women's toplessness.

People who scored higher on measures of benevolent sexism and endorsement of the MadonnaWhore dichotomy were more likely to moralize women’s bodies.

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