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Cover up to look smart: Men and women who bare more flesh are regarded as less intelligent
Daily Mail ^ | 11/12/2011 | Lauren Paxman

Posted on 11/13/2011 6:53:21 AM PST by SeekAndFind

he girls on The Only Way is Essex might not look like rocket scientists, but new research suggests that they are much cleverer that their skimpy outfits may lead you to believe.

A study into human perceptions has discovered that revealing more flesh can significantly change the way we think - about both men and women. If we see someone wearing revealing attire we automatically assume they are less competent.

The findings were revealed in a study by a team of psychologists led by Professor Kurt Gray, from the University of Maryland.

He said: 'In six studies we show that taking off a sweater, or otherwise revealing flesh, can significantly change the way someone's intelligence is perceived.' Research suggests that when men see a woman wearing very little they focus on her body and less on her mind.

And new findings show this is the case for both sexes. Prof Gray said: 'An important thing about our study is that, unlike previous research, ours applies to both sexes.

'It also calls into question the nature of objectification because people without clothes are not seen as mindless objects, but they are instead attributed a different kind of mind.

'We also show this effect can happen even without the removal of clothes.

'Simply focusing on someone's attractiveness, makes you see her or him as less of a person who acts and plans, more as an "experiencer".'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: attire; clothing; intelligence
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To: SeekAndFind

My first thought "I wonder if that girl can develop spread-spectrum communication technology"

21 posted on 11/13/2011 8:35:38 AM PST by Oztrich Boy (New gets old. Steampunk is always cool)
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To: EggsAckley

Just a fair and simple warning: if you want to keep the pancakes you ate for breakfast in your tummy... don’t go online! You will see women wearing thongs the size of tractor tires and learn about sizes you never thought existed! There are some things in life better NOT seen and this is one of them! LOL!!


22 posted on 11/13/2011 8:41:50 AM PST by momtothree
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ve noticed that as women show more flesh, my intelligence drops


23 posted on 11/13/2011 9:13:08 AM PST by muir_redwoods (Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing an idiot)
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To: cloudmountain

“Nothing has changed. The world is ruled by bare young women. Too bad most of them are too dumb to know that.”

NO!!!! It’s GOOD that most of them are that dumb.

Although..... the really good-looking chicks are probably fully aware of their ability to turn most guys into gibbering idiots. As Dave Barry once observed,

“The purpose of breasts is to make men stupid.”

I live next to a university campus that is now majority female and as a result I am down down to about one functioning brain cell and ammm trring nott tu goo compwletly stoopiddd.....


24 posted on 11/13/2011 9:16:23 AM PST by elcid1970 ("Deport all Muslims. Nuke Mecca now. Death to Islam means freedom for all mankind.")
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To: SeekAndFind

25 posted on 11/13/2011 10:04:17 AM PST by Morgana (This space for rent.........cheap)
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To: momtothree
... The stuff I learn on Free Republic!!

Indeed. It might not always be useful, but it can certainly come in handy at times. /smile

26 posted on 11/13/2011 10:36:45 AM PST by ken in texas
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To: Oztrich Boy

the air apaches bomb group in the pacific had a b-25 named after her chatacter. we had a fascinating presentation at one of our club meetings.


27 posted on 11/13/2011 12:13:55 PM PST by bravo whiskey (If the little things really bother you, maybe it's because the big things are going well.)
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To: Oztrich Boy
That's Hedley.

Cheers!

28 posted on 11/13/2011 3:39:41 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Cheers!

29 posted on 11/13/2011 3:41:14 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Oztrich Boy

Secure, I’d hop her frequency!


30 posted on 11/13/2011 3:44:15 PM PST by Freedom4US
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To: elcid1970
1. What university is it that is now majority female?

2. Also, even the smart beautiful women don't know what to do with their looks and with the men they "capture."

But then, what CAN a woman do with all those men? Money? Cars? Nice house? Travel? Then what happens when pretty woman turns 30, 40, 50 years old and the guys don't want her anymore? Hah, they become bitter old harpies who think even less of men than their less spoiled, less pretty counterparts on the wrong side of pretty who actually had to have a personality and be semi-nice.

All that beauty is a catch-22. Turning 40 and seeing the guys look right through you....gotta hurt. Aw, poor widdle princess, not pwitty any more. T.S. Get a personality; learn NICE. Not so hard once you get the hang of it.
All that because Nature made men drooling idiots at the sight of young boobs. :o) It never ends, does it?

31 posted on 11/13/2011 8:44:48 PM PST by cloudmountain
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