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| How sexy photos impact girls on social media |
Their have been debates all over the world regarding the craziness of youth over social media and their usage patterns. Posting statuses, photos and getting more comments, likes and shares is a favorite pastime today.
According to a latest study, females whk post revealing pictures of themselves on social media, are viewed by their colleagues as less physically and socially attractive and also less feasible to work with.
This study was conducted using Fake Facebook profiles. "Thus this is a complete negligence of sexy social media photos", says researcher Elizabeth Danniels, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Oregon State University.
"Their is always a pressure on young and teenage girls to portray themselves as sexy, but these photographs have severe negative effects unknown to them." Danniels said.
The study concluded that women who post sexy photos, are tending to lose the interest of their peers and those who post full some photos tends to lose the interest of men and boys.
"The youth is on social media and we must understand what action has positive and negative impacts", she said.
For study, Danniels and her team made two mock Facebook profiles of a twenty year old Amanda Johnson. Both profiles had likes such as lady gaga, twilight saga, enrique Iglesias which are appropriate for a girl of her age.
The main difference were in the profile pictures of both the profiles. One has a sexy and revealing red short dress, with a slit upto mid thigh, and visible garter belt from prom night, while the other had a simple plain original graduation day photo with jeans and fully covered body.
Study participants were about 120 girls from different age groups. They were asked to rate both the profiles on a scale of 1 to 7 based on three parameters, physical attractiveness, social attractiveness and task competence.
And the result were as expected, the non sexy profile was rated higher on both the parameters, concluding that posting sexy photos won't help you out.
According to a latest study, females whk post revealing pictures of themselves on social media, are viewed by their colleagues as less physically and socially attractive and also less feasible to work with.
This study was conducted using Fake Facebook profiles. "Thus this is a complete negligence of sexy social media photos", says researcher Elizabeth Danniels, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Oregon State University.
"Their is always a pressure on young and teenage girls to portray themselves as sexy, but these photographs have severe negative effects unknown to them." Danniels said.
The study concluded that women who post sexy photos, are tending to lose the interest of their peers and those who post full some photos tends to lose the interest of men and boys.
"The youth is on social media and we must understand what action has positive and negative impacts", she said.
For study, Danniels and her team made two mock Facebook profiles of a twenty year old Amanda Johnson. Both profiles had likes such as lady gaga, twilight saga, enrique Iglesias which are appropriate for a girl of her age.
The main difference were in the profile pictures of both the profiles. One has a sexy and revealing red short dress, with a slit upto mid thigh, and visible garter belt from prom night, while the other had a simple plain original graduation day photo with jeans and fully covered body.
Study participants were about 120 girls from different age groups. They were asked to rate both the profiles on a scale of 1 to 7 based on three parameters, physical attractiveness, social attractiveness and task competence.
And the result were as expected, the non sexy profile was rated higher on both the parameters, concluding that posting sexy photos won't help you out.
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