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Male and female subjects were shown photographs of attractive and unattractive women. They were asked to indicate, for each photograph, the main reason why they thought the woman in the photograph was a feminist. Subjects attributed more positive, flattering reasons to the attractive women than to the unattractive women. In addition, it was found that subjects who did this task after having done a filler task made a greater distinction between the attractive and unattractive women than did subjects who did this task first. Interpretations and limitations of the results are discussed.
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Goldberg, P. A., Gottesdiener, M., & Abramson, P. R. Another put-down of women?: Perceived attractiveness as a function of support for the feminist movement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1975, 32, 113–115.
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Jacobson, M.B., Koch, W. Attributed reasons for support of the feminist movement as a function of attractiveness. Sex Roles 4, 169–174 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00287497
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