To unravel it all, Farris and her colleagues examined non-verbal communication in a group of 280 undergraduates, both men and women with an average age of 20 years old.
The students viewed images of women on a computer screen and had to categorize each as friendly, sexually interested, sad or rejecting. Each student reported on 280 photographs, which had been sorted previously into one of the categories based on surveys completed by different groups of students.
Overall, women categorized more images correctly than men did. When it came to friendly gestures, men were more likely than women to interpret these to mean sexual interest.
More surprising, the researchers found guys were also confused by sexual cues. When images of gals meant to show allure flashed onto the screen, male students mistook the allure as amicable signals.
So ladies trying to brush off a guy at work or the gym may need to be, uh, more direct. Men in the study also had more trouble than women distinguishing between sadness and rejection.
This from the Science Journal “Duh”.
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MensDivorceDating // April 28, 2008 at 10:41 pm |
It’s also important to point out that the scientists who perform these studies are notorious for being unable to get girlfriends. You simply can’t figure women out by analyzing every little thing they do.
This sort of manipulative mentality will simply make you even more socially awkward. Just like the researchers.
You’ve gotta step back and look at the bigger picture.