Physical attractiveness

Positive Mood and Report of Attractiveness A person could be attracted to someone because of many different reasons. But when in a relationship, being able to view your partner as being attractive is a major component to a healthy and long lasting relationship. Being attracted to someone is defined as the level of interest, liking, or desire that an individual feels towards another individual. The temporary state of mind, or emotional feeling that is being experienced is an individual's…

the reverse effect on males. Happiness was the most attractive female expression, followed by pride, and then shame. Pride was more attractive in men than in women, relative to the other expressions. Study 2 aimed to resolve any bias due to physical attractiveness of the two individuals by introducing multiple different individuals for the photos. It also introduced greater age differences among the experiments. The range of participants was the same as sample 1, with a new sample with a median…

look good” (“Sex in Advertising 111) Ads such as this, “influence people’s attitudes and perceptions about women’s contributions and roles in society... Both women and men who are exposed to these decorative images place more value on women’s physical attractiveness and role as a mate, and…

recognized effect that red enhances males’ attraction to females due to the biological and societal application of the color. However, the color enhances attractiveness in relational context rather than all contexts. Red can hinder achievement situations when viewed beforehand, leading to a deleterious effect. In the relational context, perceived physical attraction and sexual context should be heightened. In experiment five, the independent variable is the color and the dependent is the male…

inherent part of dating that we pretend we 're too enlightened to discuss. Lucky for you, I 've provided you with an answer to this agonizing question. Read on for some quirky dating advice that you won 't want to miss... The importance of physical attractiveness has been researched ad nauseum in the scientific community. For a recent discussion on this issue, check this University of Kansas study which found that attractive people tend to have more social relationships than unattractive…

Hypersexualization of Women and Girls in Media: Is it a Problem? In a society focused so heavily on physical attractiveness, an emphasis on sexuality is no foreign concept. It has become all too common to switch on a television or drive by a billboard and see girls in an unnecessarily sexualized light. In fact, studies in the 2000s found that 10 times more hypersexualized images of women than men were featured on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine (Donovan). This representation of women and…

Image that you are at the park wait to meet up with a friend. When someone sneaks up behind you and tickles your ribs. You instantly swing your elbow back as hard as you can, hitting that someone in the stomach. Once you realize that you have knocked the wind out of your friend, you feel bad and I’m sure your friend is pretty upset. This has happened to everyone. Human nature still dominate against the nurture aspects of a learned civilization. I myself have experienced instinctual behavior.…

Sexuality has been exploited by the advertisers for many years – particularly in merchandising. The trend to use the sex appeal to sell the products first started in 1900s and has kept on increasing. An advertisement may be defined as a message whose main aim is to persuade the potential customers to purchase the products of a particular company. The advertisement can be either printed in the newspapers and magazines, broadcasted through the radio and television or using other means to reach its…

general prefer women having an hourglass shape, because curvy figures demonstrate high level of female reproductive hormones (His and Hers, p. 97). As a result, both Buss and Perrett’s research can be added together to highlight the importance of physical beauty in signalling particular health conditions, reproductive capacity and current status of pregnancy in desirable female partners, all of which can give valuable cues to men’s immediate assessment of reproductive…

online. For decades women have been put under pressure to maintain a certain standard; girls in our current society are forced from a very young age to look, act, and feel a certain way. Women and young girls are obsessively trying to change their physical looks to have the perfect body that is portrayed in all types of media, although most of it is photoshopped and airbrushed pictures. Negative body imaging can have bad consequences on women, this false conception of beauty gives women a…