Communication Research

According to some research published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior (DOI 10.1007/s10508-014-0422-z; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10508-014-0422-z#page-1)-- summarized briefly in Psychology Today (April 2015)--a woman wearing high heels is perceived as more attractive than a women with low heels. In a series of studies by Nicolas Gueguen, it was found that:  (1)  Men were more apt to help a woman if she was wearing high heels than low heels. For example, when a women dropped a glove, a man behind her was more likely to pick it up if she was wearing high heels. Sixty-two percent of men picked up the glove of the woman with no heels but 93 percent picked up the glove of the woman in 3 � inch heels. Heel height, however, made no difference in terms of another woman�s helping behavior.  ( 2)    Men were also more likely to approach a woman if she was wearing high heels. With no heels, it took 13 � minutes for a man to approach her. But, with 3 � i...

Here�s an interesting article in the current issue of Psychology Today (April, 2015): Gay Love, Straight Sense: 5 Lessons Everyone Can Learn from Same-Sex Couples. The lessons are these: 1.       �Create fluid roles.� Because same-sex couples don�t have to divide roles by gender, they are free to discuss roles and to more effectively share roles. The roles are negotiated, rather than set down by society. 2.       �Sexual experimentation is good.� Same-sex couples are more likely to talk about sexual preferences and desires and are not bound by �rules� often found in opposite-sex relationships. 3.       �Keep calm amid conflict.� Apparently, same-sex couples engage in conflict in a �less accusatory, less belligerent, less domineering� manner. 4.       �We�re all surrounded by attractive others; deal with it.� Unlike same-sex couples, gay men and lesbians have same-sex friends and regularly...