- Catcalling: Creepy or Compliment? The CNN article describes the different responses women have to catcalling. Some find it complimentary; others, creepy. There are now blogs that tell stories of these encounters, such as Holla Back NYC. But the article doesn’t get to the heart of the problem: Why do women feel threatened or complimented when men whistle at them? We are already bombarded with messages that we need to be more beautiful, more available; having men reinforce those ideas—in a very rude fashion—can further the obsession over beauty.
- Is it okay to lie? Teens speak up. Not surprisingly, teenagers are more likely to think it’s okay to lie to their parents than young children. Not going to tell who cleared out the liquor cabinet last Friday, are we?
- Intoxicated people are less responsive to fear. This could be why people are more outgoing and daring when drunk; the amygdala, the part of the brain that detects threats, is impaired.
- A Buddhist approach to eating. To temper overeating, psychologists recommend what is called mindful eating. Being aware of your body and recognising that hunger is a desire can remove the temptation of eating too much.
- What Good Marketers Know. I’ve seen these ideas in many businesses. Now you can start applying them to blogging, too.
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Study published in April’s issue of Psychological Science reveals that men interpret friendly camaraderie from women as sexual advances, but more interestingly, men also interpret actual sexual advances as friendly exchanges.
Just as in previous studies, men were more likely than women to misperceive friendliness as sexual interest, but they also were quite likely to misperceive sexual interest as friendliness. (link)
It’s not that men are more sexually interested than women so they misinterpret friendliness for sexual advances. They misinterpret sexual advances, too! Men, on average, just have trouble reading non-verbal clues from women.
I can’t say that I haven’t had that problem in my sexual relationships. I could be undressed, ready to go, on top of him, and holding a flashing neon banner, and still some men would just not get it.
Go figure.
