For this blog I found an experiment about whether or not tanner people were perceived to be more attractive than people who were not tan. This article is called Hot or Not-Evaluating the Effect of Artificial Tanning on the Public's Perception of Attractiveness CHUNG ET AL TANNING AND ATTRACTIVENESS. The study took photos of forty-five women between the ages of 21 and 35 years old and took pictures of them. They put these photos on a website where people would rate them on a scale of one to ten. After the picture had been rated a minimum of 100 times they used the average rating as the baseline for the experiment. Then, they took the same exact photograph and used photo shop to make the individual appear tanner. The study found that the population of people who logged on to the website and rated the photos did rate the tanner people higher; which proves the theory that tanner people are perceived as more attractive. Before reading this I already assumed that this would be the case. I think that tan skin is pretty but the sun is harmful for your skin and tanning beds are even worse. It’s really appalling how much we will put our bodies through to fit the status quo of what we are made to think is attractive. Tanning is just one of the things that is harmful to us, yet so many people continue to do it.
Suephy C. Chen, et al. "Hot or Not-Evaluating the Effect of Artificial Tanning on the Public's Perception of Attractiveness CHUNG ET AL TANNING AND ATTRACTIVENESS." Dermatologic Surgery 36.11 (2010): 1651-1655. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 11 Apr. 2011.
I agree. I always feel prettier when I'm tan and I find people more attractive when they are tan. LETS GO TANNING!
ReplyDeleteAfter da gymmmmm GTL all day errrday
ReplyDeletebefore the gym. It's on 17th.
ReplyDeleteI will admit, I do go tanning although not that often. I am aware that tanning is harmful to our bodies but in my case, it is also a precausion. I, unfortunately, tend to get sun poisoning if I am out in the sun too long; however, if i go to the tanning bed first, for example, before spring break, I typically do not end up with sun poisoning. I also tend to think that people that are tanner are more attractive but I could not tell you why. I think it is kind of shallow of humans to judge someone based on their skin tone but, its the way the world is today.
ReplyDeleteI go tanning occassionaly as well. I feel like we all know the risks of doing this but nobody really cares. It sounds selfish but that's just they way I think about it.
ReplyDeleteTanning does make a difference in terms of how we percieve people. It is somewhat bad for your skin, and there are health risks, yet I've heard it's good for depression. I know lots of guys that tan too ! We usually refer to that in some circles as "man tanning".
ReplyDeleteCome tanning with me today after this class!
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