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The Psychology of Nakedness (2011)

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i looked up the author..this is relevant https://slate.com/technology/2012/08/jonah-lehrer-plagiarism-in-wired-com-an-investigation-into-plagiarism-quotes-and-factual-inaccuracies.html https://slate.com/technology/2012/08/jonah-lehrer-plagiarism... and so following the links: https://www.livescience.com/17007-naked-people-competence-objectification.html https://www.livescience.com/17007-naked-people-competence-ob... [..]Scantily Clad Men Viewed As Less Competent Men who show skin are viewed as more sensitive, but less competent than those who are fully clothed, suggests new study that shows a similar response to scantily clad women. The research reveals that semi-naked people aren't necessarily viewed as mindless objects, but are instead attributed a different kind of mind, study researcher Kurt Gray, a University of Maryland psychologist, said in a statement. "An important thing about our study is that, unlike much previous research, ours applies to both sexes," Gray said. [..] "Others appear to be less inclined to harm people with bare skin and more inclined to protect them," Gray said. "In one experiment, for example, people viewing male subjects with their shirts off were less inclined to give those subjects uncomfortable electric shocks than when the men had their shirts on." Nonetheless, baring all, or even some, could work against a person's best interest, Gray said. For example, an increased desire to protect a scantily dressed woman from harm could play into the "benevolent sexism" that holds that women are weak and unable to fend for themselves, Gray said.[...] Theories of objectification: https://www.livescience.com/11649-ogling-men-subtracts-women-math-scores.html https://www.livescience.com/11649-ogling-men-subtracts-women... [..]Studies have shown that when you remind people of a stereotype about their group — "Girls are bad at math" — their performance at that task actually does drop because of their anxiety over the stereotype. This phenomenon, called stereotype threat, likely played a role in the lowered math scores, Gervais said. The women who got the objectifying look were aware of it on some level, as they reported that their partner was more preoccupied with their looks than the women who weren't ogled. Bad math scores notwithstanding, the ogled women were more likely than the non-ogled women to say they wanted to interact with their partners more. There are a few possible explanations for this seemingly self-defeating desire, Gervais said. Women could be wishing for a chance to show the men they're not a sex object. They might have seen the flirtatious look as a sign he was attracted and returned that attraction. They may have felt flattered at being checked out. Or they may be trying to fit in, Gervais said. "People that are being stereotyped [become] very, very concerned about their social connections and whether they belong," Gervais said. Further interaction may reduce that anxiety, she said.[..] + https://psychology.stackexchange.com/questions/16831/psychological-effects-of-social-nudity https://psychology.stackexchange.com/questions/16831/psychol... [..]

i looked up the author..this is relevant https://slate.com/technology/2012/08/jonah-lehrer-plagiarism-in-wired-com-an-investigation-into-plagiarism-quotes-and-factual-inaccuracies.html https://slate.com/technology/2012/08/jonah-lehrer-plagiarism... and so following the links: https://www.livescience.com/17007-naked-people-competence-objectification.html https://www.livescience.com/17007-naked-people-competence-ob... [..]Scantily Clad Men Viewed As Less Competent Men who show skin are viewed as more sensitive, but less competent than those who are fully clothed, suggests new study that shows a similar response to scantily clad women. The research reveals that semi-naked people aren't necessarily viewed as mindless objects, but are instead attributed a different kind of mind, study researcher Kurt Gray, a University of Maryland psychologist, said in a statement. "An important thing about our study is that, unlike much previous research, ours applies to both sexes," Gray said. [..] "Others appear to be less inclined to harm people with bare skin and more inclined to protect them," Gray said. "In one experiment, for example, people viewing male subjects with their shirts off were less inclined to give those subjects uncomfortable electric shocks than when the men had their shirts on." Nonetheless, baring all, or even some, could work against a person's best interest, Gray said. For example, an increased desire to protect a scantily dressed woman from harm could play into the "benevolent sexism" that holds that women are weak and unable to fend for themselves, Gray said.[...] Theories of objectification: https://www.livescience.com/11649-ogling-men-subtracts-women-math-scores.html https://www.livescience.com/11649-ogling-men-subtracts-women... [..]Studies have shown that when you remind people of a stereotype about their group — "Girls are bad at math" — their performance at that task actually does drop because of their anxiety over the stereotype. This phenomenon, called stereotype threat, likely played a role in the lowered math scores, Gervais said. The women who got the objectifying look were aware of it on some level, as they reported that their partner was more preoccupied with their looks than the women who weren't ogled. Bad math scores notwithstanding, the ogled women were more likely than the non-ogled women to say they wanted to interact with their partners more. There are a few possible explanations for this seemingly self-defeating desire, Gervais said. Women could be wishing for a chance to show the men they're not a sex object. They might have seen the flirtatious look as a sign he was attracted and returned that attraction. They may have felt flattered at being checked out. Or they may be trying to fit in, Gervais said. "People that are being stereotyped [become] very, very concerned about their social connections and whether they belong," Gervais said. Further interaction may reduce that anxiety, she said.[..] + https://psychology.stackexchange.com/questions/16831/psychological-effects-of-social-nudity https://psychology.stackexchange.com/questions/16831/psychol... [..]