SHOCK STUDY: MEN LIKE PRETTY WOMEN; OTHER WOMEN GET JEALOUS

Researchers in Tel Aviv did a study to see how a woman’s appearance impacts the moral behavior of others. They found that men and women react differently to highly attractive women than less attractive women: The men will be more truthful to an attractive face; the women will be less truthful. Researchers gave 110 men and women a questionnaire with an image of a woman attached, and falsely told participants it was the face of the scientist leading the study. Half of the questionnaires featured the image of a typically attractive woman, and the other half had a picture of a less attractive woman. The results showed that men were more likely to behave more honestly when they believed they were interacting with a beautiful woman while the opposite pattern was seen in the women – they exhibited “a beauty penalty toward attractive women,” study authors wrote. The study was published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
* It was also published in Catfight Monthly.
* How “less attractive” was the less attractive woman, on a scale of 1 to John Malkovich? (or your favorite not-beautiful actor or celebrity)
* Sure, Tel Aviv, do a study that brings a little more tension to the Middle East.
* A beauty penalty. Boy, don’t I know THAT feeling.