Does Pupillart Light Response effects Emotion Generation

In order to become aware of our emotional experience we collect evidences of our emotional experience/state. Is seems that Emotional evidence comprises of autonomic reactivity, posture, facial expression, cognitive evaluation action tendencies and more. In the current work we will focus on Pupil size Variation (manipulated by the Pupillart Light Response) as an emotional evidence. According to previous work, the pupil size variation is an indication of affective processing

The association between hostile sexism, attitudes toward prostitution, and acceptance of sexual violence toward women prostitutes among heterosexual men.

Prostitution may be viewed as an extreme form of sexual objectification. Building on feminist theorizing, according to which prostitution reinforces the existing gender hierarchy by promoting the subjugation of women, we hypothesize that hostile sexism (HS, which is related to the motivation to maintain gender hierarchy) is associated with greater support for women's prostitution (a view of prostitution as an acceptable social institution). Alternative explanations for supporting prostitution, besides HS, will also be examined. Specifically, we will test whether support for prostitution associates with: (a) the view of heterosexual relationships in terms of market pricing and women’s sexuality as a commodity (as predicted by Sexual Economic Theory); (b) empathic concern towards prostitutes (which may lead to the support for the legalization of prostitution as a means to improve prostitutes’ conditions), and (c) benevolent sexism (BS), which is associated with traditionalism pertaining to gender roles, and may therefore associate with support for prostitution because it is “the oldest profession in history.” That is, BS may associate with support for prostitution because of the motivation to maintain the status quo of gender relations, rather than because of the motivation to subjugate women. Alternatively, because BS includes the belief that men should protect women, it may be negatively associated with support for prostitution and if so, may be a suppressor variable, concealing the association between HS and support for prostitution. We will examine whether the association between HS and support for prostitution persists when controlling for these three alternative explanations. Furthermore, we will examine the acceptance of sexual violence toward women in prostitution. Acceptance of sexual violence toward women have been shown to be higher when women are objectified. Based on the conceptualization of prostitution as an extreme form of sexual objectification, we will examine whether HS and support for prostitution associate with the acceptance of sexual violence towards women prostitutes

The association between the endorsement of gender hierarchy and attitudes toward prostitution

Prostitution may be viewed as an extreme form of sexual objectification. Building on feminist theorizing, according to which prostitution reinforces the existing gender hierarchy by promoting the subjugation of women, we hypothesize that heterosexual men’s social dominance orientation (SDO; the desire to maintain social dominance and hierarchal social structures) and hostile sexism (HS; animosity towards women who challenge male dominance) is associated with greater support for prostitution. Alternative explanations derived from the Dual Process Model of Ideology, and Prejudice and the possibility of empathic concern towards prostitutes (which may lead to the support for the legalization of prostitution as a means to improve prostitutes’ conditions), are also examined. We further hypothesize that the expected link between SDO/HS and support for prostitution is mediated by men’s sexual economic motive (the view of heterosexual relationships in terms of market pricing and women’s sexuality as a commodity), endorsement of the Madonna-Whore dichotomy (polarized perceptions of women as either good and chaste or promiscuous and corrupt), the dehumanization of prostitutes

The association between liberal and conservative arguments pro/against prostitution and the acceptance of sexual violence toward women in prostitution among heterosexual men.

We argue that support for, or opposition to, prostitution (i.e., the view of prostitution as an [un]acceptable social institution) can be justified by different types of arguments, which are based on a liberal (vs. conservative) worldview. In particular, because liberalism is sensitive to concerns about exploitation and freedom (Skitka & Tetlock, 1992), liberal arguments may support prostitution in the name of freedom of choice, or oppose it based on the view of it as a form of exploitation. Because conservatism seeks to maintain the social order (Skitka & Tetlock, 1993) and prevent violations of sanctity (Goneka & Van Osswlaer, 2021), conservative arguments may support prostitution as a means to protect “good women” from sexual violence, or oppose prostitution because it violates the sanctity of the human body. The purpose of this study is to (a) develop a new self-report measure to assess the support for or opposition to prostitution based on liberal and conservative worldviews, and (b) examine the association between the four types of arguments (pro/against prostitution based on liberal/conservative worldviews) and the acceptance of violence toward women in prostitution

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Experimental Psycholog

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The association between hostile sexism, attitudes toward prostitution, and acceptance of sexual violence toward women prostitutes among heterosexual men: Testing generalizability to U.S. context

The proposed study aims to generalize the findings obtained from a previous study conducted on an Israeli population, where all the hypotheses listed below were confirmed, to a US population. Prostitution may be viewed as an extreme form of sexual objectification. Building on feminist theorizing, according to which prostitution reinforces the existing gender hierarchy by promoting the subjugation of women, we hypothesize that hostile sexism (HS, which is related to the motivation to maintain gender hierarchy) is associated with greater support for women's prostitution (a view of prostitution as an acceptable social institution). Alternative explanations for supporting prostitution, besides HS, will also be examined. Specifically, we will test whether support for prostitution associates with: (a) the view of heterosexual relationships in terms of market pricing and women’s sexuality as a commodity (as predicted by Sexual Economic Theory); (b) empathic concern towards prostitutes (which may lead to the support for the legalization of prostitution as a means to improve prostitutes’ conditions), and (c) benevolent sexism (BS), which is associated with traditionalism pertaining to gender roles, and may therefore associate with support for prostitution because it is “the oldest profession in history.” That is, BS may associate with support for prostitution because of the motivation to maintain the status quo of gender relations, rather than because of the motivation to subjugate women. Alternatively, because BS includes the belief that men should protect women, it may be negatively associated with support for prostitution and if so, may be a suppressor variable, concealing the association between HS and support for prostitution. We will examine whether the association between HS and support for prostitution persists when controlling for these three alternative explanations. Furthermore, we will examine the acceptance of sexual violence toward women in prostitution. Acceptance of sexual violence toward women have been shown to be higher when women are objectified. Based on the conceptualization of prostitution as an extreme form of sexual objectification, we will examine whether HS and support for prostitution associate with the acceptance of sexual violence towards women prostitutes

Classification of emotional states via transdermal cardiovascular spatiotemporal facial patterns using multispectral face videos

AbstractWe describe a new method for remote emotional state assessment using multispectral face videos, and present our findings: unique transdermal, cardiovascular and spatiotemporal facial patterns associated with different emotional states. The method does not rely on stereotypical facial expressions but utilizes different wavelength sensitivities (visible spectrum, near-infrared, and long-wave infrared) to gauge correlates of autonomic nervous system activity spatially and temporally distributed across the human face (e.g., blood flow, hemoglobin concentration, and temperature). We conducted an experiment where 110 participants viewed 150 short emotion-eliciting videos and reported their emotional experience, while three cameras recorded facial videos with multiple wavelengths. Spatiotemporal multispectral features from the multispectral videos were used as inputs to a machine learning model that was able to classify participants’ emotional state (i.e., amusement, disgust, fear, sexual arousal, or no emotion) with satisfactory results (average ROC AUC score of 0.75), while providing feature importance analysis that allows the examination of facial occurrences per emotional state. We discuss findings concerning the different spatiotemporal patterns associated with different emotional states as well as the different advantages of the current method over existing approaches to emotion detection.</jats:p

The association between hostile sexism, attitudes toward prostitution, and acceptance of sexual violence toward women prostitutes among heterosexual men - Germany.

Research among a sample of Israeli men revealed that: (1) hostile sexism (HS, the motivation to maintain gender hierarchy) is associated with greater support for women's prostitution (a view of prostitution as an acceptable social institution). (2) support for prostitution was not associated with: (a) the view of heterosexual relationships in terms of market pricing and women’s sexuality as a commodity (thus not providing support for the prediction of Sexual Economic Theory); (b) empathic concern towards prostitutes (thus not providing support for the prediction that support for the institutionalization of prostitution may stem from the motivation to improve prostitutes’ conditions), and (c) benevolent sexism (BS), i.e., traditionalism pertaining to gender roles (thus not providing support for the prediction that support for prostitution may stem from viewing it as “the oldest profession in history”). (3) HS and support for prostitution are associated with more acceptance of sexual violence towards women prostitutes. However, research among a sample of U.S. men revealed different results: HS was not associated with support for prostitution (while controlling for the Alternative explanations). Second, Support for prostitution was associated with more empathetic concern toward women in prostitution (which can indicate a perception of the legalization of prostitution as a means to protect prostitutes). Finally, HS was associated with greater acceptance of sexual violence towards women prostitutes, whereas support for prostitution itself was not, contrary to findings from previous studies. We reasoned that the discrepancy between the Israeli and American samples may stem from cultural differences or the different policies (in terms of legislation vs. criminalization of prostitution) in these countries. We therefore decided to explore the associations between the variables in an additional social context, namely, in Germany). Finally, support for, or opposition to, prostitution (i.e., the view of prostitution as an [un]acceptable social institution) can be justified by different types of arguments, which are based on a liberal (vs. conservative) worldview. The current study will examine the association between the four types of arguments (pro/against prostitution based on liberal/conservative worldviews) and the acceptance of violence toward women in prostitution, using an exploratory analysis