The idea of “sexual competition” and other women being a threat also emerged during the study as a possible hypothesis, leading to another study in which participants revealed feelings on their own availability and attractiveness. Once again, the findings showed the same results.
Seidman was left with many questions at the end of the experiment including; what role did social norms play in the surveys and how did women’s bias affect their perceptions?
The major reference used by Gwendolyn Seidman was data from an experiment performed in the Department of Psychology, Arizona State University. Seidman presented many facts from the experiment and other studies that helped support the opinion of the author.
The idea of a woman’s natural resting face being perceived as angry was not a foreign concept. Reviewing Seidman’s article, which provided many clear and easy to understand examples, helped to explain possibilities for why such a well-known concept is what it is. Ideas that had previously not been thought of came to mind and led to the development of new