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==Scientific studies on victim blaming== A 2017 review by Lennon et al. found that women who wear immodest or sexual clothing self-objectify themselves, which causes anxiety, unhappiness, body-dissatisfaction, and body shame.<ref name="Lennon2017">{{Cite journal|last1=Lennon|first1=Sharron J.|last2=Adomaitis|first2=Alyssa Dana|last3=Koo|first3=Jayoung|last4=Johnson|first4=Kim K. P.|date=2017-07-28|title=Dress and sex: a review of empirical research involving human participants and published in refereed journals|journal=Fashion and Textiles|language=en|volume=4|issue=1|pages=14|doi=10.1186/s40691-017-0101-5|s2cid=41901055|issn=2198-0802 |doi-access=free }}</ref> They found that "[o]bservers link wearing sexy dress to violence including sexual coercion, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and unwelcome groping, touching, and grabbing."<ref name="Lennon2017" /> However, only two studies under their review directly investigated dress and real experience of sexual assault; neither study found a connection. Lennon et al. noted that few researchers had studied the influence of actual sexual behavior on potential relationships between sexual violence and dress. One exception was a 2007 study of [[Exhibitionism|flashing]] at college homecoming events, in which Annette Lynch found that "a dress style which might be considered not provocative becomes provocative when the behavior of the woman wearing it becomes suggestive (i.e., when she flashes)" and women who attended homecoming matches were often groped and coerced into exposing themselves.<ref name="Lennon2017" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lynch|first=Annette|date=2007-04-01|title=Expanding the Definition of Provocative Dress: An Examination of Female Flashing Behavior on a College Campus|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/0887302X06298699|journal=Clothing and Textiles Research Journal|language=en|volume=25|issue=2|pages=184β201|doi=10.1177/0887302X06298699|s2cid=145703585|issn=0887-302X|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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