it's a bit nipply in this experiment
The American Psychological Association's Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls released a report saying that being constantly bombarded by images of scantily clad, sexualized females has a detrimental psychological effect on girls. In one study mentioned in the report:
My memory of the quadratic equation goes out the window when I'm wearing a bikini at Macy's.
...college students were put into dressing rooms and asked to "try on and evaluate" either sweaters or bathing suits. Then the subjects were left alone for 10 minutes, while still wearing the sweaters or the bathing suits, and asked to complete a math test. The women wearing swimsuits did "significantly worse" than their sweater-wearing counterparts; among men, there was no difference in performance. The APA concludes that this study demonstrates that "thinking about the body and comparing it to sexualized cultural ideals disrupted mental capacity" -- which happens more frequently in young women than in men.You think maybe they were just ... cold?
My memory of the quadratic equation goes out the window when I'm wearing a bikini at Macy's.
posted by JenIsFamous at 2/21/2007 09:24:00 AM
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I know, I know. I had a great joke about pencil erasers lined up in the cue, but as you wish. . .
What does that experiment prove? I admit that I could probably flip a better omelet dressed in my bathrobe than dressed in white tie and tails. Know why? I don't actually ever wear white tie and tails! So, is it possible that while the bathing suits and sweaters both might have been unfamiliar clothing articles, the more revealing clothing had more of a negative effect because it only made the discomfort factor incrementally worse?
Yeah, but what about the men?, some will ask. Well, if you've ever seen a man not making an omelet, but mowing the lawn, in his bathrobe, then you know that we just do what we gotta do.
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