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WHAT HAS OUR CULTURE TAUGHT YOUNG WOMEN?: GENDER NORMS, BODY IMAGE, SELF-OBJECTIFICATION AND WOMEN'S REACTIONS TOWARD STRANGER HARASSMENT
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Little research has been done to explore stranger harassment and women's reactions toward it. By conducting a quantitative survey with questionnaires, this research based in Hong Kong aims at exploring predictors that determine women's reaction toward stranger harassment. Results show that self-objectification is positively related to benign and self-blaming coping strategies while traditional gender-related belief is positively related to passive and self-blaming coping strategies.
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