New research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology in 2025 reveals that girls are subtly associated with objects, while boys are more often seen as fully human. Gender objectification begins in childhood, not adolescence. 📖 👇
📖 👉 The Alarming Reality: Gender Objectification Starts in Childhood
The research involved multiple studies showing that how adults perceive young children is different, depending on the gender of the child.
Girls and boys are treated differently from the start of their lives, and surprisingly, this applies to objectification also. The researchers found that adults subtly associated girls more with objects, and boys were associated more with humans.
This study has important implications for gender bias and objectification.
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