Sexy Women are Seen as Objects, Studies Find
Sexy Women are Seen as Objects, Studies Find
Male Brain Sees Sexy Women as Non-Human*
Cat calls. Cougars. Sex objects. Recent research suggests that these are not just expressions; some male brains neurologically deny sexualized women "humanity."
A study by Princeton psychologists hooked up men to an fMRI machine. After being hooked up, these men were shown pictures of both men and women. Some were scantily clothed; some were not.
The results showed that images of people activated the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), which is highly involved in social cognition (e.g., recognizing human faces, when separating one person from another).
The exception was when men high in sexism viewed pictures of sexually dressed women. These pictures did not activate the mPFC for sexist males. This suggests that these men's brains did not perceive these women as fully human.
*yeah yeah, I know not all men are like this, blah blah blah. It says so in the first line of the article. Can we please move on and actually discuss what this means/do something about it/etc? I'm so fucking tired of having to care about the Poor Menz Feelings every fucking time something like this - where it even says "SOME MAIL BRAINS" - comes up. Jøsses. Ahem.
ANYWAY, do anyone know anything about social neuroscience and have any clue whatsoever how sensible this and the other research are?
Male Brain Sees Sexy Women as Non-Human*
Cat calls. Cougars. Sex objects. Recent research suggests that these are not just expressions; some male brains neurologically deny sexualized women "humanity."
A study by Princeton psychologists hooked up men to an fMRI machine. After being hooked up, these men were shown pictures of both men and women. Some were scantily clothed; some were not.
The results showed that images of people activated the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), which is highly involved in social cognition (e.g., recognizing human faces, when separating one person from another).
The exception was when men high in sexism viewed pictures of sexually dressed women. These pictures did not activate the mPFC for sexist males. This suggests that these men's brains did not perceive these women as fully human.
*yeah yeah, I know not all men are like this, blah blah blah. It says so in the first line of the article. Can we please move on and actually discuss what this means/do something about it/etc? I'm so fucking tired of having to care about the Poor Menz Feelings every fucking time something like this - where it even says "SOME MAIL BRAINS" - comes up. Jøsses. Ahem.
ANYWAY, do anyone know anything about social neuroscience and have any clue whatsoever how sensible this and the other research are?