Whenever someone sees an Axe commercial, the cover of a Playboy magazine or a poster for the next big action movie, they are most likely looking at a picture of a woman’s body that has been over-sexualized. A new psychological study has found that when people view these pictures, they see these women literally as ...
Vogue is finally doing something about the prevalence of underage and underweight models in the fashion industry. Nineteen of the magazine’s worldwide publishers have joined together to make a pact to ban models who have eating disorders and any model who is under the age of 16 from appearing in the magazine. The new standard ...
Picky eating could soon be added to a medically recognized list of mental illnesses and eating disorders. This kind of eating disorder isn’t as simple as not eating your broccoli. This is for people whose eating habits interfere with having a functional life. For some, “avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder” (ARFID) comes from a fear of ...
Narcissism is characterized by vanity, a sense of entitlement, manipulation of others and an excessive love of oneself. These traits are probably familiar. But now the personality flaw has another characteristic: a health hazard. Researchers found that narcissism may be damaging to a man’s health but not to a woman’s. Undergraduate students were tested for ...
War, border tensions, street violence — all of these maladies are caused by the male sex drive, say psychologists. A new study supports the “male warrior hypothesis” that men evolved to be aggressive, especially towards outsiders. Researchers say that males needed to be aggressive in order to get the girl and reproduce. So through natural ...
That significant other you are living with may be as different from you as someone from outer space, according to new psychological research. A new study suggests that the personalities of men and women are dramatically different and have been underestimated in other research. The study surveyed 10,000 people using a new form of personality ...
Psychology and criminal sociology are littered with extremely sexist theories. Everyone is familiar with Freud’s “penis envy.” Other insulting theories include Cesare Lombroso’s idea that female criminals are less evolved than men and that a woman’s face (AKA ugliness) can tell you if she’s a criminal. But nothing takes the cake like Otto Pollak’s book The ...
Although it’s now very clear that women having a career is a steady (and largely encouraged) trend, studies are still examining whether women at work is beneficial or detrimental to children. Luckily, the latest study in the matter shows that having two working parents is not only good for them, it is also beneficial to ...
Sarah White is a 24-year-old woman who is calling herself “The Naked Therapist.” She charges $150 per hour to talk with people about their problems while she strips for them on a webcam. Her only link to psychology is a few undergrad courses (I guess everyone I know is a psychologist, then!) and that she ...
Steven Demink posed as a psychologist and a single dad to convince women to sexually abuse their children as part of therapy. He also convinced them that the end result would be happier children. As if! Thankfully he got caught and is facing a sentence of fifteen years to life with a decision to be made ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
