New psychology study shows how erect nipples can alter perceptions of women

[scutty brown]

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New research suggests that men — but not women — perceive nipple erection in women as a signal of sexual arousal. But the study, published in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, found that both genders project positive emotions onto women with visibly erect nipples, compared to the same women without visibly erect nipples.

Research on nipple erection dates back to work conducted by William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson in the 1960s, explained the author of the current study, Professor Rebecca Burch of the State University of New York at Oswego. Masters and Johnson found “that nipple erection is the first sign of sexual arousal in women, but what others assume or perceive nipple erection to be is another story.”

“While many women will tell you it is probably because they are cold, there is definitely a difference of opinion on what triggers it depending on whom you ask. We wanted to know what assumptions people make of women with nipple erection,” Burch said, noting there was even a Sex and the City episode “where fake erect nipples were bought and worn to attract men.”

In the study, 85 men and 355 women viewed a series of photos of women with and without nipple erection. After viewing each photo, the participants indicated how the woman in the picture made them feel and how the woman in the picture was feeling based on a list of 16 emotional states.

The researchers found that both men and women associated nipple erection with positive emotions, such as happiness and friendliness. Men, but not women, also tended to associate nipple erection with higher levels of sexiness.

“Men and women saw the same randomized slides that were composed of two identical images of women, one with nipple erection and one without, yet responded significantly different in how they felt and how they thought the woman in the images felt,” the researchers said.

The findings highlight “that nonverbal communication and appearance can definitely be perceived differently depending on who you are interacting with,” Burch told PsyPost. “Nipple erection is not something that can be controlled per se, so women may inadvertently display a signal that men perceive as sexual arousal, even when they are not aroused. Likewise, men may perceive that a woman is aroused by them when she actually isn’t.”

Even though nipple erection is common occurrence, there is much that researchers have to learn about it.

“This research opens up so many questions,” Burch said. “What about male nipple erection? Masters and Johnson showed that male nipple erection didn’t follow the same patterns as female nipple erection, so does it signal the same things? How is nipple erection perceived when women (or men) are topless? How is nipple erection perceived in older or breastfeeding women. We don’t know yet.”

The study, “The Point of Nipple Erection 1: The Experience and Projection of Perceived Emotional States While Viewing Women With and Without Erect Nipples“, was authored by Rebecca L. Burch and David R. Widman

[Colston36]

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If only you and I could get paid to do research into nipple arousal - obviously through live experiments. Talk about fake psychology!

[king tarzan]

In mango munching mode I've erected many nipples!!
Squirming body shivers

Yes yes yes !!!👊👊👊👊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊

( And I'm sure many on here have too yes yes 👊👊👊🥊🥊)

[LLPunting]

In mango munching mode I've erected many nipples!!
Squirming body shivers

Yes yes yes !!!👊👊👊👊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊

( And I'm sure many on here have too yes yes 👊👊👊🥊🥊)

Yes, and you've been banned from most supermarket chains for doing that in the cold, fruit aisles.   

[LLPunting]

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Have work been allowing you to bring your own devices to work or have you fully secured your browsing from your network admins (wait, are YOU a network (security) admin)?

I'd certainly like to personally review the image set used to screen for prejudicial artistic licence in the degree of erectness depicted.

The follow on study would also be quite relevant to this forum External Link/Members Only if someone could gain access and transcribe it here.

[scutty brown]

Have work been allowing you to bring your own devices to work or have you fully secured your browsing from your network admins (wait, are YOU a network (security) admin)?

I'd certainly like to personally review the image set used to screen for prejudicial artistic licence in the degree of erectness depicted.

The follow on study would also be quite relevant to this forum External Link/Members Only if someone could gain access and transcribe it here.

You guessed it - I have network admin rights
I also do all my worktime browsing by RDP into an Amazon VPN

[scutty brown]

The follow on study would also be quite relevant to this forum External Link/Members Only if someone could gain access and transcribe it here.

Have you read the abstract?

Abstract
Previous research has shown that men perceive nipple erection as signaling more sexually receptive states. This study intended to determine if this perception changed male hypothetical behavior. For example, would men be more willing to assist women with nipple erection as opposed to those without? Participants were asked to rate pictures of women with and without salient nipple erection (faces were obscured to prevent discerning emotional states). Men perceived women with nipple erection as more deserving of altruism, especially if that altruism involved greater interaction with the woman, and they expected these same women to behave more altruistically toward them. They also believed the women with erect nipples should be included in their social groups. Women, on the other hand, did not perceive them as deserving of greater altruistic behaviors, did not expect greater altruistic behaviors from them, and did not want to include them into their social groups. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)

[LLPunting]

You guessed it - I have network admin rights
I also do all my worktime browsing by RDP into an Axxxxxx VPN

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[LLPunting]

Have you read the abstract?

Yup, and?

Speaks to all and particularly some of the punters here.

[Rondonumbanine9]

I would be more interested in what the p value of this study is and it’s effect size to see if it’s conclusive.
A lot  of research in the social science border on pseudo science which is sad. Of course there are still some reliable ways to check if what you’re reading can be replicated significantly.