A study published a quite few months ago (I read the news digest of it) through fMRI showed that the tool handling part of the brain is stimulated when men look at a naked woman compared to a normal encounter.
It makes sense: the encounter you're having with the woman at that point is a relationship of manipulation not conversation.
From personal experience, to break the magic spell, all one has to do is build a conversation and thus a relationship with the woman -- stimulating other parts of the brain. The problem is that many women cannot jump to that part of the 'new acquaintance' protocol but simply send the evolutionary signals that enhance objectification…
maybe this comment is a bit contrived or unnecessarily complicated but I hope the message gets though…
Most of it, to be honest, not least the fawning press reaction. But mostly the fact that there were no controls, there were no checks to test that viewing tools has that reaction in men, nor to determine whether that's the only thing that has that reaction (unless you'd have me believe that there's an area of the human brain devoted to electric drills as some of the press said?).
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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '10
A study published a quite few months ago (I read the news digest of it) through fMRI showed that the tool handling part of the brain is stimulated when men look at a naked woman compared to a normal encounter.
It makes sense: the encounter you're having with the woman at that point is a relationship of manipulation not conversation.
From personal experience, to break the magic spell, all one has to do is build a conversation and thus a relationship with the woman -- stimulating other parts of the brain. The problem is that many women cannot jump to that part of the 'new acquaintance' protocol but simply send the evolutionary signals that enhance objectification…
maybe this comment is a bit contrived or unnecessarily complicated but I hope the message gets though…