nebula Posted February 18, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.92 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Bikinis Make Men See Women as Objects, Scans Confirm Christine Dell'Amore in Chicago National Geographic News February 16, 2009 Sexy women in bikinis really do inspire some men to see them as objects, according to a new study of male behavior. Brain scans revealed that when men are shown pictures of scantily clad women, the region of the brain associated with tool use lights up. Men were also more likely to associate images of sexualized women with first-person action verbs such as "I push, I grasp, I handle," said lead researcher Susan Fiske, a psychologist at Princeton University. And in a "shocking" finding, Fiske noted, some of the men studied showed no activity in the part of the brain that usually responds when a person ponders another's intentions. This means that these men see women "as sexually inviting, but they are not thinking about their minds," Fiske said. "The lack of activation in this social cognition area is really odd, because it hardly ever happens." Dehumanizing Fiske and colleagues asked 21 heterosexual male volunteers to first take a test that scores people based on different types of sexist attitudes. The subjects were then shown pictures of both skimpily dressed and fully clothed men and women. Most of the men best remembered headless photographs of women in bikinis, even if they'd only seen the image for two-tenths of a second, Fiske reported this weekend in Chicago during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. And the men who scored higher as "hostile sexists" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunterpoet Posted February 18, 2009 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 0 Topic Count: 128 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2,704 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 25 Days Won: 1 Joined: 05/29/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/08/1950 Share Posted February 18, 2009 So, a woman in a bikini, causes men NOT to think about a woman's mind...hhmmmmm, and how much time and money did they waste on this???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted February 18, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.19 Reputation: 9,763 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted February 18, 2009 Scripture please! I know ... I know ... <--- pretend this is a frying pan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted February 18, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.92 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 LOL OneLight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorywatch Posted February 18, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 88 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 692 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/02/2008 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/02/1946 Share Posted February 18, 2009 oh wow a whole study to tell us something we already knew..... ummm did the government fund this project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveller Posted February 18, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 827 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 12,101 Content Per Day: 1.49 Reputation: 249 Days Won: 3 Joined: 04/01/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted February 18, 2009 For cryin out loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trusting Jesus Posted February 18, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 66 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,050 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 22 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/12/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/09/1952 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Gee....I've learned something today and I'm not even highly educated! I wonder how one goes about getting funding for no-brainer projects like this? I think I could come up with some needed research into why bubble gum makes bubbles....or why is a persons nose in the middle of their faces. I can tell you one thing for sure. If a man saw me in a bikini he would not be thinking of tools, or anything but <>< ><> Nathele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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