physical vanity and irrationality

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Kevin W

 

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March 26, 2014

 

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University

 

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Fredrickson and colleagues report the results of two experiments that dissect the psychological toll of what used to be dismissed as vanity. The common obsession with appearing young, thin and beautiful isn't harmless, the research shows in studies with more than 350 young men and women. The studies are among the first "to document the psychological costs of raising girls in a culture that persistently objectifies the female body" and socializes women to adopt a third-person perspective on their bodies...
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The studies are among the first "to document the psychological costs of raising girls in a culture that persistently objectifies the female body" and socializes women to adopt a third-person perspective on their bodies. This perspective is more common among women than men, according to the findings by Fredrickson and other researchers from the U-M, Duke University, and Colorado College...
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