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Home / News / Lifestyle News / Study: Excessive body gaze reflects harmful attitude
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Study: Excessive body gaze reflects harmful attitude

Study: Excessive body gaze reflects harmful attitude
Written by Lahari Basu
Apr 22, 2022, 01:09 pm 3 min read
Study: Excessive body gaze reflects harmful attitude
Those who excessively gaze at people's bodies are aware of their habit, the study says. (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

A stare, an uncomfortable gaze, indecent expressions--almost every woman has experienced them. It doesn't matter which country or financial strata of the society she belongs to. Sexual harassment isn't just about physical touch. Talk to any woman and she will tell you how she was made to feel uncomfortable on a bus, at the office, and sometimes even in her own home.

The study
The study was led by an Australian doctor

Now a study on "eye gaze behavior" has concluded how terribly harmful this gaze is. According to the study, looking at someone's body instead of their face reflects a harmful attitude. Published in the journal, Archives of Sexual Behavior, and led by Dr. Ross Hollett in Australia, it also revealed that persons who excessively gaze at people's bodies believe women tolerate rough sexual behavior.

Findings
Details of the findings

Using the eye-tracking technology, it was found that male participants of the study showed strong preferences for gazing at the bodies of women irrespective of their clothing, instead of their faces. Women on the other hand did not gaze at the bodies of either men or women. In fact, women showed a preference for gazing at the faces of fully clothed men!

Behavior
The conclusions point toward commonly accepted notions about harassment

Dr. Hollett explained that those who tend to body gaze excessively might be potential perpetrators and/or display violent attitudes regarding sexual behavior. These findings suggest heterosexual individuals are predominantly aware of their gaze and intentionally continue to do so in order to establish communication with the woman. Talk about women intentionally trying to attract attention with their clothes and conduct!

Expert speaks
Such a gaze affects women tremendously: Clinical Psychologist

Shreshta Chattopadhyay, Clinical Psychologist says, "The fact that men who tend to gaze more at women's bodies, may harbor thoughts like women secretly enjoy forced sexual relationships is really disturbing." "In India, we find many random comments about women provoking men which imply similar thought patterns." "Women can perceive inappropriate gazes, and when they do, they tend to become more nervous, conscious, and cautious."

Watch it!
Everyone should be mindful of their gaze: Ms. Chattopadhyay

Chattopadhyay continues, "At the same time, we do find many women playing the victim when it was never actually the man's fault." "In many instances, men had to bear the brunt of being generalized as the universal sexual perpetrator." "It will be ideal if people are mindful about their gaze keeping it restricted to a limit, to not make anyone uncomfortable," suggests Ms. Chattopadhyay.

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Having worked in the media industry for six years, Lahari currently writes Lifestyle stories for NewsBytes. Before this, she worked with Microsoft News and Dainik Bhaskar group. An avid traveller, home cook, crocheter, and movie buff, Lahari is always on the lookout for good food, colourful yarns, innovative and thoughtful cinema, and cats! With words as a weapon, nature as strength, optimism as fuel, and an undying thirst for discovery, she is out on a lifelong journey to seek and experience the unknown.
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