How Our Brains Turn Women Into Objects: Scientific American
So, objectification might not lead to perceptions of women as inanimate objects but as different kinds of humans—ones that are capable of feeling but not thinking.
So, objectification might not lead to perceptions of women as inanimate objects but as different kinds of humans—ones that are capable of feeling but not thinking.
14 comments
3 | Bob Levin Tue, Oct 11, 2011 3:28:30pm |
re: #1 researchok
To drift off on a tangent—regarding my teenage son. If you followed our discussion on education the other day, where we drifted into semi-home schooling, I’m finding that I have to teach my son to write. I’m having him read at least the first paragraph of your morning posts, so that he can get a look at the craft done properly. It’s going to be of great help.
5 | FemNaziBitch Tue, Oct 11, 2011 5:37:00pm |
I’d like to see this same experiment done on females perceptions of males.
6 | researchok Tue, Oct 11, 2011 5:49:43pm |
re: #5 ggt
I’d like to see this same experiment done on females perceptions of males.
My guess would be very different results.
Women have different criteria and more complex reasoning in assessing men.
7 | FemNaziBitch Tue, Oct 11, 2011 6:05:23pm |
re: #6 researchok
My guess would be very different results.
Women have different criteria and more complex reasoning in assessing men.
The article is reinforcing current reasons for discriminating against women. It’s sexist, IMHO. A good scientific study would include both sexes and LGBT brains.
8 | Bob Levin Tue, Oct 11, 2011 6:55:23pm |
re: #6 researchok
It’s almost comical how quite a few men think women assess men. But, I can’t be too critical, since when I was younger….oy.
9 | Bob Levin Tue, Oct 11, 2011 6:59:14pm |
re: #7 ggt
I don’t think it’s possible do a good study about this. How many different hypotheses can you create that would explain the data? No matter how much data you get, too many hypotheses emerge.
Everything can’t be proven with double-blind studies.
10 | moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Oct 11, 2011 7:00:02pm |
Ins’t this the same publication that had a scientific study that proved black women were ugly?
11 | Bob Levin Tue, Oct 11, 2011 7:05:39pm |
re: #10 moderatelyradicalliberal
Scientific American? This is a very mainstream source.
However, they do tend to give psychological studies more credence than deserved. When I post psychological studies I categorize them as ‘culture’, which can be reflective of either social culture or scientific culture.
12 | FemNaziBitch Tue, Oct 11, 2011 7:32:45pm |
re: #9 Bob Levin
I don’t think it’s possible do a good study about this. How many different hypotheses can you create that would explain the data? No matter how much data you get, too many hypotheses emerge.
Everything can’t be proven with double-blind studies.
So let’s focus on what men are interested in?
BS study!
13 | b_sharp Tue, Oct 11, 2011 8:04:13pm |
I don’t think the article author, Piercarlo Valdesolo actually read the study.
re: #7 ggt
The article is reinforcing current reasons for discriminating against women. It’s sexist, IMHO. A good scientific study would include both sexes and LGBT brains.
Go read the study.
They used 159 subjects, 82 of them were women. Your criticism is misplaced.