The researchers also found that single women tended to report greater pervasive body gaze than partnered women, suggesting that gazing at another person “is a marker of sexual or relationship interest” for women. “People should be mindful of their gaze behavior and the gaze behaviour of others,” Hollett said. Specifically, women who make more attempts to secure body gaze from men are also more likely to blame women for being sexually assaulted.” Hollett said he was surprised to find “particularly strong correlations between women’s attitudes toward sexual assault and their efforts to attract body gaze from men.
“Body gaze behavior can be interpreted as a signal of potentially problematic attitudes and intentions,” Hollett told PsyPost.Ī similar pattern of results was observed for body gaze provocation. The researchers also found that those who scored higher on the measure of pervasive body gaze tended to endorse more rape myths, such as “If a girl goes to a room alone with a guy at a party, it is her own fault if she is raped.” This was true for both male and female participants. Male participants also scored higher than women on the measure of body gaze provocation behavior, undermining the notion that that women invite body gaze more so than men. In other words, men were more likely than women to report staring, leering, or gazing at the body or body parts of others. Male participants scored higher than women on the measure of pervasive body gaze. A total of 167 participants were retained for gaze analyses. The researchers used an eye-tracking device to compare the time spent gazing at individuals’ bodies to the time spent looking at their faces. a swimsuit) and non-revealing attire (e.g. The photographs included people in both revealing attire (e.g.
The participants were shown several photographs of women and men, and were instructed to look at each image as they would normally look at a person. The participants were invited to complete a second follow-up study, which examined actual gaze behaviors. Those high in pervasive body gaze agree with statements such as “Even if a man/woman’s clothing is not revealing, I still try to look at his/her body” and “Once I notice an attractive man/woman’s body, I have trouble not looking at it.” Those high in body gaze provocation, on the other hand, agree with statements such as “Even if my clothes are not revealing, I still try and draw attention to my body” and “No matter where I am, I typically wear revealing clothing.” In the new study, 1,113 heterosexual participants were asked to rate their gaze toward the opposite sex (pervasive body gaze) and their attempts to attract gaze from the opposite sex (body gaze provocation). It was an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to this growing area of scholarship.” “When we started this research, the use of eye tracking for understanding sexual objectification was quite sparse. “My interest in this topic largely stems from my passion for measurement and the challenge of developing valid ways for understanding social behaviour, particularly those with sexually deviant consequences,” said study author Ross Hollett, a lecturer at Edith Cowan University. The new findings provide evidence that the tendency to gaze at the bodies of others and the desire to have others gaze toward one’s own body is associated with important sexual attitudes and behaviors in both women and men. Those who engage in elevated body gazing behaviors are more likely to blame women for being sexually assaulted, according to new research published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior.
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