Sexually Objectifying Women Leads Women to Objectify Themselves, and Harms Emotional Well-Being

Australia (Conversation) – How does a woman feel when a man wolf-whistles at her from across the street? Or when a male coworker gives her body a fleeting once-over before looking her in the eye? These examples may seem relatively innocent to some, but our research has found they can have negative consequences for women’s emotional well-being. We asked women to record any incidents of sexual objectification on a smartphone app, alongside rating their feelings several times each day for a week. When women experienced sexual objectification, in many cases…

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Texas Might Spend up to $20 Billion to Protect Houston From Hurricanes. Rice University Says It Can Do It for a Fraction of That.

Texas, United States (TexasTribune) – For about a decade, two of Texas’ top universities have pushed dueling plans to protect the Houston-Galveston region from hurricanes. A concept championed by Texas A&M University at Galveston appears to be winning out as the federal and state governments pursue a plan similar to one proposed by A&M oceanographer Bill Merrell in early 2009, months after Hurricane Ike smashed ashore at Galveston Island. But that project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Texas General Land Office, which calls for the installation of beachfront…

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