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===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">Women permit 'creepy' behavior from attractive but not unattractive men</span>=== | ===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">Women permit 'creepy' behavior from attractive but not unattractive men</span>=== | ||
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Gibson & Gore (2015) conducted a study regarding women's perception of men's | Gibson & Gore (2015) conducted a study regarding women's perception of men's "norm violating" behavior being influenced by their level of physical attractiveness, based on the well-proven concept of the halo effect regarding physical attractiveness. | ||
The participants (n=170) female college students, were given a sheet describing two different scenarios: The first scenario was a common innocuous behavior (a boy asking to borrow her pen in class) and the second | The participants (n=170) female college students, were given a sheet describing two different scenarios: The first scenario was a common innocuous behavior (a boy asking to borrow her pen in class) and the second "norm violating" scenario involved a strange man approaching her on campus and asking to take "modeling" photographs of her. | ||
Attached to the worksheet were two faces, one a young attractive man the other an unattractive man | Attached to the worksheet were two faces, one a young attractive man the other an unattractive man. Both were wearing identical clothing and were Caucasian. Each participant was exposed to either face or scenario. | ||
The participants were required to answer if they would acquiesce to the man's request in both conditions, her level of comfort and her perception of the man's character. | The participants were required to answer if they would acquiesce to the man's request in both conditions, her level of comfort and her perception of the man's character. | ||
It was found that the women's perception of the men's character and her level of comfort were largely unaffected by the looks of the man in low norm violation condition, but their perception of the man's character and her level of comfort were significantly affected by the man's looks in the high norm violation condition, with the unattractive man being viewed far more harshly. | It was found that the women's perception of the men's character and her level of comfort were largely unaffected by the looks of the man in low norm violation condition, but their perception of the man's character and her level of comfort were significantly affected by the man's looks in the high norm violation condition, with the unattractive man being viewed far more harshly. | ||