Sexy Science: How We Look At Half Naked People

Scientific American reports on a psychology study about half-naked people and ideas of objectification. In six different experiments, a group of people were shown images of clothed and half-naked men and women and instructed to rate their mental capacities. Interestingly, the ratings weren’t influenced by gender. Put simply, men don’t objectify women more. It seems to be a human trait to think differently about people with less clothing. From the Read More …

The Ink Blot Joke

A man on the psychiatrist’s couch sees, in ink blot after ink blot, nothing but sexual imagery. A butterfly shape looks like testicles, a hilly mountain-scape like a rollicking bedroom scene, and so on. When the shrink delivers his verdict – you, sir, are a sex fiend – the man is indignant. “What?” he huffs. “But you’re the one drawing the dirty pictures!”