Editing Sexual objectification (section)

===Female self-objectification===
{{further|sex-positive feminism|feminist sex wars}}
[[File:Kilt Girls.jpg|thumb|upright|Waitresses of [[Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery]] restaurant in uniform. Tilted Kilt has skimpily dressed waitresses, and is thus an example of a [[breastaurant]].]]
[[Ariel Levy (writer)|Ariel Levy]] contends that Western women who exploit their sexuality by, for example, wearing revealing clothing and engaging in lewd behavior, engage in female self-objectification, meaning they objectify themselves. While some women see such behaviour as a form of [[empowerment]], Levy contends that it has led to greater emphasis on a physical criterion or [[sexualization]] for women's perceived self-worth, which Levy calls "[[Raunch aesthetics|raunch culture]]".<ref>{{cite book |last=Levy |first=Ariel |author-link=Ariel Levy (writer) |title=Female chauvinist pigs: women and the rise of raunch culture |publisher=Pocket Books |location=London |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-4165-2638-4|title-link=Female Chauvinist Pigs }}</ref> In a study conducted by the State University of New York, it is found that women self-objectify when trying to fit the "perfect" female standard according to the [[male gaze]].

Levy discusses this phenomenon in ''[[Female Chauvinist Pigs]]: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture''. Levy followed the camera crew from the ''[[Girls Gone Wild (franchise)|Girls Gone Wild]]'' video series, and argues that contemporary America's sexualized culture not only objectifies women, it encourages women to objectify themselves.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/article2523264.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719231008/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/article2523264.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 19, 2008 |work=The Times |location=London |title=Yes we are bovvered |first=Ginny |last=Dougary |date=25 September 2007 |access-date=23 May 2010}}</ref> In today's culture, Levy writes, the idea of a woman participating in a [[wet T-shirt contest]] or being comfortable watching explicit [[pornography]] has become a symbol of feminist strength.

[[Jordan Peterson]] has asked why women need to wear make-up or high-heels in the workplace, that a [[double standard]] exists for sexual harassment and women who self-objectify themselves in society.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://studybreaks.com/news-politics/jordan-peterson-2/|title=Jordan Peterson Questions If Men and Women Can Work Together|date=22 March 2018|magazine=Study Breaks|first=Miranda|last=Maples}}</ref>

Social media has made a major impact on the self-objectification of women. Through social media, women self-objectify by posting provocative images they know will be objectified by their viewers as a form of seeking validation of posting images that fits the mold of society.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Zheng |first1=Dong |last2=Ni |first2=Xiao-li |last3=Luo |first3=Yi-jun |date=2019-03-01 |title=Selfie Posting on Social Networking Sites and Female Adolescents' Self-Objectification: The Moderating Role of Imaginary Audience Ideation |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-018-0937-1 |journal=Sex Roles |language=en |volume=80 |issue=5 |pages=325–331 |doi=10.1007/s11199-018-0937-1 |s2cid=149757000 |issn=1573-2762|url-access=subscription }}</ref>