Contextualizing Sexual

The preceding articles provide an excellent overview of relatively recent theory and research on sexual objectification of women from a psychologi-cal perspective. Importantly, the authors have contributed to the literature through their conceptual extensions and research applications of objectifica-tion theory. In this reaction piece, our goals are to direct attention to an underplayed aspect of objectification theory, offer applause and a caveat about specifying criteria for sexually objectifying environments, critically analyze false parallels and common yes, but challenges to objectification the-ory, encourage further consideration of sociopolitical dimensions of sexual objectification, and suggest avenues for continued work. Keywords gender, social justice, training Which of the following products are real, and which are fictitious? Animal-print high-heel shoes for infant girls; “Jr. Pimp Squad ” T-shirts for infant boys; push-up bras for little girls; stripper poles for little girls; pink underwear for adolescent girls reading “Who needs credit cards?”; men’s T-shirts readin