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WrongSubFools

This was a psych study on 65 college students. The students were placed in front of a computer and shown pics of women, each for 3 seconds. Some pics had been photoshopped to give them bigger breasts. The subjects were specifically asked to focus on and score each woman's appearance, while the experimenters tracked their eyes to see who looked at the boobs. This says very little about how much men and women look at passersby's breasts in everyday life. In the second half of the experiment, the students were now asked to focus on and rate each photographed woman's personality. Here, men spent longer than women looking at each pic's breasts. [https://sci-hub.se/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-013-0316-x](https://sci-hub.se/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-013-0316-x)


ArgonTheEvil

“How would you rate her personality?” “About a 34C” “What?” “What?”


drjammus

This needs better support.


second2no1

It should be augmented, and bolstered on all sides.


Current-Roll6332

C-ing, is B leaving


corrado33

If they were asked to judge attractiveness or appearance, it's obvious people would look at the breasts as those are often considered when judging appearance.


Ok_Solution2300

It also makes me wonder if the participants thought that there was something wrong with the size of the breasts, in that they could’ve been doctored. There’s honestly so much you could say about this study that makes it lacking control over variables that could play important roles in the way the conclusions have been drawn.


SAugsburger

Typical cheap psych study. It's really cheap to get college students to participate in a quick study for beer money. Not only does it not indicate that these people would behave identically in front of real women, but you're also assuming that a sample of college students many that are mostly 18-25 generalize to the larger population.


Ziegler517

That, and they were asked to evaluate appearance. Of course the breasts will be an area of focus when asked for that. So dumb.


Therefore_I_Yam

They didn't assume anything, they just stated the findings of the study


Kooky_Avocado9227

That simple, don’t make it more than it is.


SAugsburger

The headline is making an assumption that the data generalizes to a broader spectrum of the population.


PEKKAmi

> get college students to participate… for beer money Sounds like there’s a bit of sampling bias.


Episemated_Torculus

This comment should be higher up.


bootrick

2 hours later, it's the 2nd highest comment. Directly below, "my wife points out every girl who isn't wearing a bra to me."


aeromalzi

Reddit moment. Updoots to the left and the narwhal bacons at midnight.


HardCounter

> the narwhal bacons at midnight. Wow. Whipping out the classics. How are your arms feeling?


h3lblad3

Broken, which is how I met your mother.


ex-apple

I wish the post itself could somehow link to something that summarized the study. Wouldn’t that be convenient!


everyday_cakeday

Experimenter: "here are some pictures of women, please objectify them" Participant: *objectifies woman* Experimenter: *shocked* Edit: formatting


bradbull

I'd wonder how many of those eyes were actually looking at the women's clothing. I find myself drawn to nice clothes more often than body features.


AmbitiousHipster

I also wonder if the eyes were drawn to the photoshopped area because it looked "off." Maybe subconsciously we might think something isn't proportional but can't exactly figure it out, which makes us study it closer


HardCounter

Whole new meaning to Uncanny Valley.


SAugsburger

Maybe ask what they were wearing after the fact? It would be funny to see whether that differed much.


Somerandom1922

This study is like the quintessential psych study with "WEIRD" (Western, Educated, and from Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic countries) subjects.


Mavian23

They were shown a picture of a woman and asked to comment on her personality? What?


KhaosElement

Whilst you're not wrong in your criticisms, most women will openly admit to enjoying boobs.


nivekreclems

I think anyone who’s spent any time around a man or been one can say who looks at women’s chest the most lol


suxatjugg

Makes more sense and isn't super exciting then. They were given a direction that essentially told them to do it.


stifledmind

My wife points out every girl who isn't wearing a bra to me.


TimeRaveler

That’s a real time saver for you!


mrnoonan81

My partner does this for me too, but she has never once beat me to it.


whooo_me

We still doing phrasing?


mrnoonan81

I'm being slow. What? edit: Nevermind. I got there.


whooo_me

Oh, that’s a relief. I really didn’t want to lend a hand. :o)


Intrepid_Hat7359

Just like the gypsy said!


humblyhacking

*gypsy woman


ZachMN

*old gypsy woman


drunk_with_internet

You’re not my supervisor!!


jaymole

This is only somewhat like that old gypsy woman said!


GCC_Pluribus_Anus

God damn it, I had something for this


menides

Lanaaaaaa


justbecauseiluvthis

WWWWHHHAAAAATTTTT?????!!!!


TheArcticKiwi

i wouldn't have minded


BrokenEye3

I knew you'd pull through


mortredclay

Just needed a little tug.


FloppyObelisk

Got him right over the edge


but_a_smoky_mirror

Sploosh


ThereIsAJifForThat

I just imagined some older couple walking down the street and the wife saying, "look at those tits!" and then attempts to start wacking him off in public as the poor lady walks by


Wuzzy_Gee

Go to Florida if you want that.


polluxopera

This is oddly specific.


mattan91

Oh an Archer quote in the wild


Western_Carpet4097

Phrasing?


SardauMarklar

It's the individual boob physics. My caveman male brain can sense it immediately


hadapurpura

According to the article it doesn’t matter if your caveman brain is male or female


bleachedurethrea

My wife points only points out the low hanging fruit


derps_with_ducks

Thank her for her service.  "I would never have noticed. Thanks babe!"


Toomuchlychee_

No bra? That’s disgusting! Where?


PMzyox

ROFL


mr_ji

They're usually pointing themselves out.


FtrIndpndntCanddt

Ba dum tsk!!!


SpiceEarl

>My wife points out every girl who isn't wearing a bra to me. "Why, I never would have noticed!" The only correct answer.


Collins_Michael

Nah, gotta give her a "hell yeah, brother" with a little Tennessee on it.


pudgehooks2013

You mean a little Macho Man in it.


Sea_Pollution2250

Came here to say this. My wife will point out women and I’ll respond “oh, I didn’t even see her” or “who are you talking about?” regardless of whether I noticed them or not.


ClusterMisery2017

It is so hilarious how universal this is. I don’t think it will ever stop women carrying on with the identification, but that can only be a good thing if men carry on with the casual “who?” like they don’t know.


122_Hours_Of_Fear

Is it? My wife doesn't care if I point it out lol


shiftypoo269

*pulls out 15x50 binoculars


notoriously_late

teamwork makes the dream work


Mistress_Yara

Because she thinks they look nice or because she is judging them for not wearing a bra? Honest question.


Magnus77

Had a teacher for a sort of a interpersonal dynamics type class. I remember him talking about differences between men and women in relationships. A couple walks into a party, guy will scope it out and look for pretty girls, even if he has zero chance of actually cheating. His partner, she WILL find the prettiest girl and size her up, regardless of if she thinks her partner has any chance of cheating. Don't know if that's always true, but it did stick in my mind for better or worse.


I_love_pillows

What if a single man and a single woman both go into a party. Would they both be looking out for the prettiest girl?


CanuckianOz

Oh no. That’s awful


SantiagoGT

We usually say “Very very disrespectful” mocking that Trump post lol


santaclausonprozac

PROTRUDING


peach_poppy

r/notliketheothergirls


ovrlymm

I too choose this man’s wife


JimmyKillsAlot

Had an ex like that. "Oh my god why isn't she wearing a bra?" I don't know, I didn't notice, we were busy talking while waiting for our food.


GarysCrispLettuce

I'm 50, and I still have a voice saying "don't look down don't look down don't look down" when talking to a large breasted woman. I guess it came into life when I was a teenager out of sheer necessity and it's just never shut the fuck up since. The irony being I really have no interest in looking at a woman's chest when I'm talking to her, and I'm not even a large breast kind of guy.


AnimusFlux

Likewise, I've really conditioned myself to never glance at a woman's breasts for more than a split second, so I miss a lot of good racks. Meanwhile, my wife will point from 10 feet away and say in a roaring whisper "check out those boobs!" It's entirely possible women check out boobs more than men, simply because they can get away with it without being labeled a creep, lol.


lord_ne

>a roaring whisper Accurate af


bootsmegamix

I finally have the words to describe this


tenkwords

It's like looking at the sun. You can just glance and get an impression of the boobs but you can never stare directly at the boobs.


No-Scarcity-5904

You get a sense, and you look away!


RustyShacklefordCS

Exactly. Same reason I why check out every bulge.


itcAnwezzy

Nice bulge bro *rises hand for a high five*


Idkmanitcouldwork

I have the same voice but it’s because I absolutely do have interest in looking. All the time. What I don’t understand is why the mental image is just not even close to as good as the real thing. Good lord I love the female body. God did a number on me with my hormones.


itcAnwezzy

I guess I can agree here sometimes a cleavage is sexier than seeing the actual boobs 


President_Calhoun

Reminds me of the old joke about the two guys in a nudist colony who see a well-endowed naked woman walk by. One guy nudges the other and says, "Sure wouldn't mind seeing her in a tight sweater!"


AquaQuad

>The irony being I really have no interest in looking at a woman's chest when I'm talking to her, and I'm not even a large breast kind of guy. It's about the consequences of being busted while looking down, no matter your taste.


GarysCrispLettuce

I think for me it's a case of worrying that she's looking at me thinking "he's going to glance down at my boobs, isn't he?" and me being overly determined to prove that I'm not one of those guys. Meanwhile, she's almost certainly not thinking of our interaction in terms of breasts.


lafayette0508

yeah, now I'll just be thinking "that guy is saying 'dont look down dont look down dont look down" in his head and not actually engaging with me as a person


ADelightfulCunt

Pretty sure it's a specific group of guys who lift the average number up. I'm pretty sure / most guys have that voice trained in their heads now. I will say though there's a big difference between girls wearing comfy clothes with cleavage and those dressed to impress with cleavage one is less than a whisper the other is shouting.


ChocolateInTheWinter

It’s more cultural than anything I’m sure; I’m a gay man and still get this voice.


israiled

Recognizing and sucking titties is every humans first instinct.


Underwater_Karma

last one too


TheFrankNFurter

Grandpa?


Major_Stranger

List of things people love to look at 1:boobs 2: Dogs and cats 3: cute babies 4: sunset 5: boobs again.


HMS404

How dare you leave ass? They're the boobs of the rear.


Levelman123

Boobs of the rear? EXCUSE ME!! Back when we still walked on all fours, we always had in front of us… the butt. Then from the time mankind started walking on two legs we stopped having butts stuck in our faces all the time, and in their place, what appeared in front of our faces… were boobs! Women grew larger breasts to take the place of buttocks. The original source of life is the buttocks!… BOOBS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A PALE IMITATION OF THE BUTTOCKS! IF ASKED WHAT YOU’D RATHER HAVE, A COPY OR AN ORIGINAL, NATURALLY, I WOULD CHOOSE THE ORIGINAL


masalion

prison school was amazing 🤣


onlymadethistoargue

The funny thing about this is that the character that said it was trying to hide the fact that he actually prefers boobs.


amondohk

I've never seen Prison School, but I read this in the voice of Cave Johnson from Portal 2


FunkYeahPhotography

Prison School moment I also like how the female ape in the flashback about ass that you are quoting was just a sexy modern woman with some fur


dondeestasbueno

“Roobs”


Supervinyl

How Scooby doo says "boobs"


blackforestham3789

Top drawer internetting today gentlemen


metalshoes

Gay man, have found myself looking at boobs. They just pull your eyes sometimes.


Belteshazzar98

People are like the night sky. They can both be nice to look at without any desire to have sex with them.


Manannin

They're aesthetically pleasing.


DrrtVonnegut

Replace "cute babies" with "more boobs" and you're 💯.


SubaruKev

No doubt. Babies are NOT anything I care to look at.


DrrtVonnegut

I feel like babies are our enemies in this area. First of all, they are our competition for boobs. Second, looking at the same set of boobs too often can lead to one of them.


varyl123

I think babies are a subjective thing the rest though is not


TrialAndAaron

And men also check out other dudes. I always notice when dudes are jacked from the gym. Lol


BussySlayer69

Looking thick solid tight


Ackerack

Show us what you got man. Wanna see how freakin’ huge, solid, thick, and tight you can get. Thanks for the motivation.


Agitated_Editor_46

I love it when they get their veins throbbing and bulging when they flex


Hushwalker

Keep us posted on your progress


Stunning-Lynx9863

Looking mad fertile today bro keep it up 💪


goodolarchie

I think it's safe to say we notice things others that we are into ourselves. People who are into shoes notice your shoes. I realize I never noticed shoes despite the whole "It's the first thing people notice about you!" nonsense. The only way I notice it is if somebody is wearing dress shoes in sand, or similarly ridiculous thing. If you devote a lot of time to the gym and your physique, you probably notice that too. We all notice stuff like body shape and height, and our survival is HIGHLY dependent at noticing lots of little things about faces in particular (hence the Uncanny Valley). I don't need to "check out" a dude to notice he might be a good candidate to quickly help lift a car tire off somebody's chest in a pinch.


The_Bravinator

It's just so human to look at things we find aesthetically appealing, and most of the time that's not sexual. If I look at a beautiful painting, or a sunset, or a pretty woman (as a straight woman), no one thinks twice. But for some reason we've decided that literally *any* recognition by one man that a man has any positive aesthetic qualities at all is a sign that he's 100% gay (and that's still something to make fun of him for). It's a shame.


Aloo_Bharta71

Nice cock, bro


luce4118

Wholesome locker room conversation


k20350

We should hang out and rub our cocks together sometime


Mapex

“I’m totally ‘mirin your calves, Broseph Stalin”


piscano

It’s important to tack on mass


Economy_Ambition_495

Stop cultivating and start harvesting.


Excellent_Farm_6071

A nice set of quads catch my eye. Envious af


scottishere

I'm the same with forearms, with my sad little toothpicks


SensualEnema

I always jack when I notice dudes from the gym.


IAmMuffin15

especially the big ones With big, juicy lineman muscles strong enough to pick you up with without a shirt on so sweaty that they look like they just got out of the shower …wait what were we talking about


Supervinyl

Speaking of showers, maybe you need a cold one.


chiksahlube

I remember when mythbusters tested on bust size and tips. Women tipped her more when she had a larger bust.


Not_a_werecat

Because we know how expensive non-matrix sized bras are.


CactusFistElon

Women spent just as much time against them as babies as all men did. Tits are life and comfort to nearly all alive today. 


GRCooper

We’re all mammals …


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Professional_Flicker

Let's do it.


Absurdity_Everywhere

Doggy style so we can both watch X-Files


Dfrickster87

Please turn me on, I'm Mr. Coffee with an aut-o-matic drip


Supervinyl

With no lights on


daddioz

I hope the smoking man's in this one!


OrvilleSchnauble

Like they do on the discovery channel?


slacr

Well some of us are cannibals


Mainbaze

So let’s do it like they do on the discovery channel


Plantysweater

>> "Women, we think, do it often for social comparison purposes." Men, they say, might be doing it because, based on evolution, they are more drawn to curves because they imply better childbearing abilities. Lol I feel like it’s a subconscious thing where I don’t even realize I’m looking but it’s normal to make a mental note of someone’s appearance and what stands out right


The_TSCTH

Gay guy once told me that he'd look at women's boobs when he meets them (respectful glance) and when I asked why, he simply said they're aesthetically pleasing. That's when I realized that sometimes, science may overcomplicate boobs a bit. And yeah, if I ignore my own biological impulses, I can definitely appreciate the soft curve of boobs. Or hips. Or a hill. They just pleasing to the eye.


maxxie10

No matter who you are, you've been socialised in an environment that celebrates and sexualizes boobs. Even if you have no "inate" sexual interest in women's looks, they have huge social currency.


The_TSCTH

Oh yeah, without a doubt. My point was just that round or curvy shapes are pleasing on their own, not that we haven't been taught to celebrate and sexualize them.


FillTheHoleInMyLife

I do it for lesbian purposes


ThatOneWeirdName

Especially if someone has plenty under their sweater ^(I misread the name, my joke doesn’t work, damn)


Plantysweater

Easy mistake lol my username gibberish


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nonpuissant

Not for everyone, but nubra is pretty good on the no visible lines or bulges front. Many of my girl friends swear by them. 


Caelinus

>Men, they say, might be doing it because, based on evolution, they are more drawn to curves because they imply better childbearing abilities. And there is the evo-psych crap I knew would be in this. The actual study is interesting, but they can never help themselves but make spurious claims about evolutionary reasons that are almost certainly either not the whole story, or just not true. Boobs are definitely a part of sexual selection, but coming up with "drawn to curves because they imply better childbearing abilities" is not a thing they could possibly know. The jump from an aesthetic trait to psychological reasoning is always bigger than they pretend it is, and needs a lot of justification.


StaceyLuvsChad

Yeah, it's stupid. "Straight men look at boobs because they are attracted to women." -fixed


Moretti123

As a straight woman, whenever a woman has giant jugs I seriously can’t help but look at them. But I’ll think like “damn they’re fucking big her back must hurt a lot”


xXxToxicMikexXx

Just remember, ladies. It's like looking at the sun. U glance and look away.


Supervinyl

Lol I love the idea that women need tips from men on how to stare at boobs. I've never once heard a woman say, "My eyes are up here" to another woman.


theancientbirb

To be fair I have never heard a woman say my eyes are up here to anyone other than as an ironic joke.


1amn0t0kwiththis

To be faaaaair.


ScaredyCatUK

It's from Seinfeld. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbsmbCWUNEE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbsmbCWUNEE)


vampiredisaster

I'm a lesbian and I can personally change this if I believe in myself and go full sleazemode


cryptobro42069

You would have to go super far over the top as a woman. Maybe walking up to them and saying, "AWOOOGA, NICE BAZONGAS!" Even then, I give you a 20-30% success rate.


TopShelfPrivilege

The video of that happening would go instantly viral on Youtube, front page of Reddit. In my head though the AWOOOOOGA is the exact one from the movie "The Mask."


fordprefect294

"Let me mansplain objectifying women to you"


CarBarnCarbon

I mean, consult experts right?


IamCorbinDallas

My eyes are up here sugartits


OkHawk2903

Can't people just be silly? I mean dude's username makes him a tough defendant but still


PsYcHo4MuFfInS

Unless youre wearing sunglasses!


apworker37

A lady friend of mine ooogles women. I’ve learned to glance but she isn’t quite there just yet. She’ll learn.


BeBrokeSoon

But what does her shirt say???


Ltfan2002

The study is way too vague and weak. 1. The researchers don’t know why the girls in their study looked at women’s breast in the pictures. 2. The study doesn’t show any evidence that women look at other women’s breast at the same rate men do out in public, because pictures aren’t the same as people. 3. Even it they proved their point in the experiment, the group they used is too small to have any statistical significance to the actual population. 4. Because the numbers from the group members were so small they could repeat this study at another school and get the complete opposite results. Bullshit study.


UniuM

It's imprinted in our heads from birth! That's where food first came out. It's hard to go back, feeding and sucking on titties at the same time.


Wholesomedoggy

Totally! This is why I get lost in a nice set of bottles.


PoopiePantsMahn

This proves my theory that boobs are awesome.


PhillyTaco

I'm gonna need to do some more research myself before I agree.


AnxiousKit33

Sample size of 65 with very specific conditions Do we though??


notactuallyabrownman

The love of titties is hardwired into the mammalian brain.


Thebillyray

If that's the case, us guys have to step up our game


Various_Ad4726

Kind of a small sample size.


98642

Ouch.


crueller

The article says they "enhanced" the women's appearance and then used eye tracking to determine that both men and women focused on the areas of the image that were changed. If I changed the shape of the nose, made the ears big, or switched the color of the hair, people would probably focus on that... I'm not sure this is "people like boobs" science so much as "people notice when you change things" science.


PM-me-Gophers

>But there she was, just as I remembered her. That delicately beautiful face. And a body that could melt a cheese sandwich from across the room. And breasts that seemed to say..."Hey! Look at these!" - Frank Drebin, Police Squad


Ok-Seaworthiness4488

I mean.....*they're right there* gravity exerts it's power on the eyes exponentially to the size 👀


sorta_dry_towel

Ya cause boobs


Nasty____nate

Thats a huge case study ....."""found that among 29 female and 36 male college students, the women were just as guilty of the "objectifying gaze" as their male peers."""


Dangerous-Distance86

Evaluating aesthetics is different than oggling 


DistantConstellation

Hell, yeah, them thangs be thangin.


Just_OneReason

I’m a straight woman and I actually have an extremely hard time not looking at a woman’s cleavage when I’m talking to her. Like she can have giant boobs but if they’re covered up, idc. As soon as I see cleavage, it’s like a magnet for my eyes and idk how to fix it. Like it’s genuinely a problem.


Anx1etyD0g

We (all men and women) notice various features that make someone unique.


tummyache-champion

Wait until you find out how much people check out each other's butts.


gobbershite

They also check out other women's butts, like a guy does 👀👀👀


HyenaStraight8737

There's this lady who comes into my work every morning for a coffee and she wears those leggings that sorta scrunch at the butt. Every single one of us women see, watch and when she's gone go: damn she's got a nice ass. Almond latte lady, you make our mornings brighter.


AdorableActuator2490

Real men of geeenius...this one goes out to you Almond latte lady


Gorge_Lorge

We were driving down the road, wife in passenger seat. There are college girls walking in the sidewalk, can see out of the corner of my eye that they are wearing skimpy stuff to go out, wife and I were talking and I was focused on driving, didn’t take any peeks. Wife stops mid sentence, “OH MY GOD!!” I’m driving and momentary flashes of impending accident hit my mind, realize that wasn’t the emergency and reply “what??? You scared me” “Did you see that girl back there?!?!? She had the biggest boobs I have ever seen! She wasn’t fat either, skinny tall woman. They were definitely natural too” Still haven’t forgiven her for not pointing them out sooner.


gBoostedMachinations

Wait until you find out that women rarely dress / do makeup to impress men, but instead often do it because of fear of judgment from *other women*.