Tahir, Sana2018-01-262018-01-262017https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/2611Supervised by: Ms. Saira Munsaf KhanIn patriarchal system of society women’s sexual experiences are suppressed where as men are entitled to pleasure themselves according to their desires and need (Rudman & Fetterolf, 2014). The purpose of this study is to explore how the internalization of patriarchy affects women’s sexuality and to investigate the influence of attachment styles and self-objectification on sexual satisfaction along with its role between patriarchal beliefs and sexual satisfaction. The sample consisted of 150(age 20-40) married women, selected through a combination of convenient and snowball sampling. The results revealed that patriarchal beliefs is significantly positively associated with attachment styles (anxious and avoidant), and self-objectification. Similarly, there is a significant positive relation between attachment styles (anxious and avoidant) and self-objectification. Furthermore, there is a significant negative correlation between patriarchal beliefs, attachment styles (anxious and avoidant) and sexual satisfaction. In addition, self- objectification significantly negatively correlates with sexual satisfaction. Standardized estimates of direct and indirect effects of the paths revealed that patriarchal beliefs significantly positively predict anxious attachment, self-objectification and sexual satisfaction, while non-significantly predicted avoidant attachment. Self-objectification non-significantly predicted sexual satisfaction. Anxious and avoidant attachment was found to be significant negative predictor of sexual satisfaction. Anxious attachment was found to mediate patriarchal beliefs and sexual satisfaction. The research reveals that women have internalized patriarchal beliefs and it has a direct effect on their sexualityenPatriarchal BeliefsAttachment stylesSexual satisfactionBS thesisThesis