Men have been denying this for centuries but now one meddling scientist, Susan Fiske, professor of psychology at Princeton University, has proven it to be true.

This discovery answers another mystery surrounding one disability that men can't talk to women in bikinis. Another scientist, Dr. Charles Raison, psychiatrist and director of the Mind/Body Institute at Emory University in Atlanta, realized the correlation. Allegedly men in the presence of women in bikinis may be considered handicapped.

"The suggestion might be that there's some hard-wiring there that can interfere with the average man's ability to interact on deeper levels with really hot looking stranger women in bikinis," he said.

This explains why I have lost thousands of dollars at strip clubs.

Still the reason for this for this had remained baffling until now. According to Professor Fiske the result of her study proved that all men see women in bikinis as objects:

The participants, 21 heterosexual male undergraduates at Princeton, took questionnaires to determine whether they harbor "benevolent" sexism, which includes the belief that a woman's place is in the home, or hostile sexism, a more adversarial viewpoint which includes the belief that women attempt to dominate men.

In the men who scored highest on hostile sexism, the part of the brain associated with analyzing another person's thoughts, feelings and intentions was inactive while viewing scantily clad women, Fiske said.

I more of a benevolent sexist myself. I will always choose the better of two sexisms.

Furthermore she later found that:

A supplementary study on both male and female undergraduates found that men tend to associate bikini-clad women with first-person action verbs such as I "push," "handle" and "grab" instead of the third-person forms such as she "pushes," "handles" and "grabs." They associated fully clothed women, on the other hand, with the third-person forms, indicating these women were perceived as in control of their own actions. The females who took the test did not show this effect, Fiske said.

In conclusion if you are a hostile sexist you can't talk to women in bikinis. The best course of action for women attempting to understand which kind of sexist they are talking to and hoping to date is to wear a bikini at all times. Underwear and a bra might do in a pinch though.

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hor

Minneapolis, MN

June 2005

FEB 19, 2009 07:14 PM

What about women in tankinis?

motorfirebox

Pittsburgh, PA

March 2004

FEB 19, 2009 07:16 PM

i'm going to assume that they simply weeded out those whose answers indicated a lack of sexism.

wenis

San Francisco, CA

July 2006

FEB 19, 2009 07:57 PM

totally.

bikinis+women=objects

i came up with that formula myself.

Spiffy

Edmonton, AB

March 2007

FEB 19, 2009 07:59 PM

How is this news?

Also, for the sake of irony, read this article, and then this one.

RizzoFord

HOPEFUL

Wakefield, RI

FEB 19, 2009 08:08 PM

Real men treat their objects like women.

dkmfc

Germany

January 2003

FEB 19, 2009 08:33 PM

the sports illustrated object wrapping issue is the best one of the year imho.

Cassiel

Aurora, CO

September 2004

FEB 19, 2009 08:39 PM

RizzoFord said:
Real men treat their objects like women.

So does Jackie Treehorn.

_Margot_

Santa Monica, CA

December 2007

FEB 19, 2009 11:55 PM

dkmfc said:
the sports illustrated object wrapping issue is the best one of the year imho.

I just made a neighbor shut their window do to my cackle.

Collateral

USA

October 2007

FEB 20, 2009 12:01 AM

Cassiel said:

RizzoFord said:
Real men treat their objects like women.

So does Jackie Treehorn.

Does he dress his Coors Light can in a dress too?

Tritone

Saint Paul, MN

May 2004

FEB 20, 2009 12:35 AM

motorfirebox said:

i'm going to assume that they simply weeded out those whose answers indicated a lack of sexism.

Surveying the Alpha Beta house sounds perfectly reasonable. You don't agree?

Tallboy66

Chicago, IL

January 2005

FEB 20, 2009 12:29 PM

Someone spent money on this?

Toku666

Columbus, OH

May 2004

FEB 20, 2009 12:35 PM

Tallboy66 said:
Someone spent money on this?

That's right, Grampa McCain, bears have genes, too!

ElizaTheTroll

Australia

January 2006

FEB 20, 2009 06:29 PM

I love how this kind of stimulus-response pattern is always claimed as being hardwired without ever citing the slightest hint of evidence.

Pavlov's dog, anyone?

Hyatt

Australia

November 2008

FEB 20, 2009 06:43 PM

ElizaTheTroll said:
I love how this kind of stimulus-response pattern is always claimed as being hardwired without ever citing the slightest hint of evidence.

Pavlov's dog, anyone?

+100

motorfirebox

Pittsburgh, PA

March 2004

FEB 21, 2009 05:23 PM

ElizaTheTroll said:
I love how this kind of stimulus-response pattern is always claimed as being hardwired without ever citing the slightest hint of evidence.

Pavlov's dog, anyone?

haha, yeah. "man, these guys, who grew up in a society that objectifies women, all objectify women themselves! it must be evolution!"

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