Helga Dittmar (2007)
In this study, 87 girls aged 16-19 were asked to either watch music videos or listen to music for 10 minutes. The group who watched the music videos exhibited a significant increase in body dissatisfaction. A key piece of advice parents should take from this study is to minimise your child’s exposure to music videos when they are in the early stages of development.

Fredrickson Et al. (1998)
Girls were asked to try on either a swimsuit or a sweater, and then while wearing the clothes they were asked to perform some simple maths problems. Girls wearing the swimsuit performed significantly worse then girls trying on a sweater. This study demonstrated that thinking about the body and comparing it to sexualised cultural ideals disrupts mental capacity.

Other studies:
Studies have also demonstrated a link between the sexualisation of girls and the most common mental health problems in women: eating disorders, low self esteem and depression. Other studies have directly linked self-objectification to decreased condom use, diminished sexual assertiveness and unrealistic/ negative expectations concerning sexuality.

Source: Dr Michael Carr-Gregg. Editor Dr Ramesh Manocha.