Self-objectification is associated with a number of negative mental and behavioral outcomes. Though previous research has established associations between self-objectification and risky sex, no study to date has examined whether self-objectification affects propensity to engage in risky sex. The current research employed an experimental design to examine the effect of heightened self-objectification on a laboratory analog of risky sex (n = 181). We observed that when college-attending women experienced a heightened state of self-objectification, they were more likely to engage in sex without a condom and less likely to wait to use a condom with a highly desirable partner. Given the frequency of intended and unintended objectifying messages that young women face, this increase in willingness to engage in risky sex behavior represents a consequential health concern.

自我客体化与许多负面的心理和行为结果有关。尽管之前的研究已经建立了自我客体化和危险性行为之间的联系，但迄今为止还没有研究检验自我客体化是否会影响进行危险性行为的倾向。当前的研究采用了实验设计来检验高度自我客体化对实验室模拟危险性行为的影响（n = 181）。我们观察到，当正在上大学的女性经历高度的自我物化状态时，她们更有可能在不使用安全套的情况下进行性行为，并且不太可能等待与非常理想的伴侣使用安全套。鉴于年轻女性经常面临有意或无意的客观化信息，参与危险性行为的意愿增加代表了一个随之而来的健康问题。