There's a reason you can't stop picking yourself apart in the mirror. And there's actual research that explains why. In 1997 psychologists Fredrickson and Roberts developed self objectification theory. They found that women are conditioned to see themselves through an observer's eyes, to constantly monitor, evaluate and critique their own bodies before anyone else can do it first. And when you think about what we grew up with? It makes complete sense. The magazines with the circles of shame. Scr