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How to act like Freida Pinto, even if we don't all look like her.
At first look, taking advice from How To Love Like A Hot Chick: The Girlfriend-to-Girlfriend Guide to Getting the Love You Deserve might seem imprudent. The authors, Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent (from Not Another Teen Movie) are two decidedly hot chicks, so the idea that they'd be able to relate to everyday Plain Janes is as believable as The Supermodel's Guide to Getting Pants Hemmed.
But, then, beauty is both relative and subjective. While looking pretty might get you free things, … Read More
Sexy images of beautiful women have a numbing effect on the male brain, study shows.
A study out of the UK found yesterday that men are more likely to think of women as objects after looking at sexy pictures of females bodies. Uh, is this not an obvious fact? Am I totally outta line here? I don't really think so.Studies found that sexy images not only shift the way men perceive women, they also found that constant viewing of these pics shut down areas of the brain linked to empathy for other peoples' emotions. Great.So what does this mean for all us females? Susan Fiske, a psychologist at Princeton University in New Jersey, … Read More
Our conformity instinct leads us to follow the crowd—even when it comes to rating attractiveness.
While we like to think of ourselves as unique, there's more lemming in us than we realize. Not only are our actions open to suggestion, as previous studies have shown, so are our opinions about non-essential things like beauty. A new study explains that we have our unconscious brain to thank for that.
Even when it comes to rating someone's level of attractiveness, we're susceptible to groupthink. Researchers asked Dutch women subjects to rate pictures of faces based on their level of beauty, then they told the women their averages were either above, lower or spot-on with the opinions … Read More
Seeing gorgeous gals makes men think; "I could do better."
After seeing pictures of a Playboy centerfold men felt less in love with their mates than they did before looking at the bunny beauty, according to Psychology Today. This news comes from a piece called "Why I Hate Beauty" by Michael Levine, who heads a Los Angeles PR agency and is constantly surrounded by Hollywood bombshells.
"My exposure to extreme beauty is ruining my capacity to love the ordinarily beautiful women of the real world, women who are more likely to meet my needs for deep connection and partnership of the soul," writes Levine.
According to Levine, it's … Read More
