This study investigated the effects of taking photos (of the self or objects) on women.
Objectification theory states that women are subjected to societal pressure to focus on their …

Researchers have suggested that women compete with same-sex peers using indirect
social tactics. However, the specific predictors and mechanisms of this form of female …

This study presents the results of a survey of 269 undergraduate students conducted to
examine fright experiences caused by video games. Over half of the participants reported …

The phenomenon of increased desire for, and use of, appearance-enhancing items during
times of economic recession has been termed the lipstick effect. The motivation underlying …

Research has shown that men perceive women wearing red, relative to other colors, as
more attractive and more sexually receptive; women's perceptions of other women wearing …

Researchers have argued that the regulation of female sexuality is a major catalyst for
women's intrasexual aggression. The present research examined whether women behave …

Internalized sexism focuses on the forms of sexist behaviour and attitudes conducted by
women toward themselves and other women. This article discusses the internalized sexism …

Imitation plays a key role in the economic study of competition, innovation, and evolution: the
imitation of good ideas serves as a crucial way in which those ideas spread throughout a …

This study empirically investigates the effectiveness of using visual sexual appeals on the
memory of men and women. It examines memory for the commercials activated by sexual …

Previous research demonstrates that women's beauty is rewarded across a myriad of social
contexts, especially by men. Accordingly, from a functional perspective, another woman's …