Our interest was in providing a review of empirical research that utilized human participants and that addressed relationships between dress and sex.
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2008), and dress and aging (Twigg 2007) among others. Several such evaluations have been completed on dress topics including the meanings of dress (Damhorst 1990), the influence of dress on behavior (Johnson et al. 2001) as well as uncovers future research needs and directions (Damhorst 1990). Review of the progress in any area of inquiry is significant as this assessment enables theory development, identification of trends in topics, funding, and research strategies (Lennon et al. Suggestions are provided for future research.
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The use of sexual images of women and children has increased over time and viewing such images is also linked to self- and other-objectification. The fit of the items may also contribute to the body revealing nature of clothing styles that elicit self-objectification. Certain items of sexy dress that reveal the body have been linked to self-objectification. Observers link wearing sexy dress to violence including sexual coercion, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and unwelcome groping, touching, and grabbing. Some women intentionally use dress to communicate sexual information but inferences about women who wear sexy dress can be misinterpreted and are sometimes negative. Our analyses revealed parents do invest their young children with sex-typed dress however sometimes children demand to wear such dress.
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Three main areas of research emerged: (1) dress used as cue to sexual information, (2) dress and sexual violence, and (3) dress, sex, and objectification. Our review was focused on a 25 years span (i.e., 1990–2015) and on empirical research utilizing human participants published in refereed journals. Our research purpose was to assess research addressing relationships between dress and sex.