Images of women in bikinis prompted brain responses in men associated with using tools.
Posted on 02/19/2009 10:17:50 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
New research shows that, in men, the brain areas associated with handling tools and the intention to perform actions light up when viewing images of women in bikinis.
The research was presented this week by Susan Fiske, professor of psychology at Princeton University, at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
"This is just the first study which was focused on the idea that men of a certain age view sex as a highly desirable goal, and if you present them with a provocative woman, then that will tend to prime goal-related responses," she told CNN.
Although consistent with conventional wisdom, the way that men may depersonalize sexual images of women is not entirely something they control. In fact, it's a byproduct of human evolution, experts say. The first male humans had an incentive to seek fertile women as the means of spreading their genes.
"They're not fully conscious responses, and so people don't know the extent to which they're being influenced," Fiske said. "It's important to recognize the effects."
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Images of women in bikinis prompted brain responses in men associated with using tools.
LOL
This thread will go to hell in less than 5 posts...
Would love to know how much grant money was spent on this!
And people wonder why we are falling behind the rest of the world?
LOL!
I’m counting on it.
Yawn. There is no "byproduct of evolution". God just programmed our (meaning men's) system firmware differently.
Of course, if women don’t like for men to objectify them when they dress scantily, there’s a way to eliminate that problem....
New research shows that, in men, the brain areas associated with handling tools and the intention to perform actions light up when viewing images of women in bikinis......
The obvious stated except for the likes of Bawney Fwank!
These articles about men really crack me up.
Elizabeth Landau needs to do a little research.
I suggest she go out to the local dance clubs. Take note of how women select men. Here’s a hint lady, it’s not based on inner beauty, let me tell you.
Both sexes objectify members of the opposite sex.
Imagine that...
Again, as has been said repeatedly,
men see PHOTOGRAPHS of bikini women as objects.
The real question to ponder is why do women wear bikinis?
I was breast-fed, so I tend to view their objects as objects.
Subject could be wide open for interpretation.
How about the results of the study where women see men with money as objects.
Just a comment on your tagline -
the left legislates morality all the time by forcing the rest of us to pay for the consequences of immoral behavior, thus making the immoral consequenceless and more likely to be chosen.
Except for this:
Taken together, the research suggests that viewing certain images is not appropriate in the workplace, Fiske said.
“The real question to ponder is why do women wear bikinis?”...
To see who gets a woodie......
Men should be thanked for this very trait which has resulted in a successful species, but NOOOO...
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