Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5038345 | Body Image | 2017 | 4 Pages |
â¢Objectifying restaurants put waitresses' bodies on display and elicit men's gaze.â¢Working at objectifying restaurants is related to waitresses' body dissatisfaction.â¢Thin ideal internalization and self-objectification in serial mediate this link.â¢Working conditions and internalization processes shed light on body image concerns.
We investigated the relations between working in sexually objectifying restaurant environments and body dissatisfaction in a sample of 252 United States waitresses. Supporting our hypotheses, results indicated that working in sexually objectifying restaurant environments was positively correlated with waitresses' body dissatisfaction. Our findings also supported a theorized serial three-chain mediation model in which working in sexually objectifying restaurant environments was related to body dissatisfaction through more thin ideal internalization and greater self-objectification/body surveillance. Furthermore, thin ideal internalization had a direct, unique link to body dissatisfaction. Our findings highlight the importance of working conditions and internalization processes in understanding waitresses' body image concerns.