You’re not bad at math, you’re just TOO SEXY.

When a guy “harmlessly” checks out a woman, it may not be so harmless after all, according to a first-of-its kind study done by researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Penn State University.

“There’s a lot of anecdotal evidence that checking women out has adverse effects,” said Sarah Gervais, an assistant professor of psychology at UNL and the study’s lead author, “but there haven’t really been any empirical studies to prove that.”

Until now!!!

For the test group, however, the interviewer “checked out” the interviewee several times (with a full “once over” and then several glances at his or her chest). To do this scientifically and not downright perversely, the oglers underwent about 30 hours of training to the get the look and timing just right. After the interview participants were given 10 minutes to complete a set of math problems.

The results? On average, the women who weren’t ogled got six out of 12 questions correct, while those who were checked out averaged just under five. The one-question difference is statistically significant, which led researchers to conclude that being objectified hindered the ogled women’s concentration.

There’s more. It’s actually pretty interesting. Also, apparently I looked SEXY AS HELL on the day of my math SATs.

4 replies on “This Explains So Much”

  1. This is exactly the sort of nonsense that gives aid and comfort to idiots like Rush Limbaugh.

    Thanks for repeating it. Did you even bother looking at the sample sizes involved or if “the study” was even peer reviewed?

    Focusing on crap like this (instead of the real issues at hand) is one of the primary reasons we still have wage inequality and almost no women whatsover in fields like physical sciences, information technology, and engineering.

    P.S. All men are rapists. Let’s just get that over with now.

  4. Hot girlz know that math sucks. The curve breaker in one of my stats classes was hot but you would never know from the way she acted in class that she had the 4.0.

    I wonder if there is a correlation to the age of the oglers ?

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