We really do see men and women differently, scientists have revealed.
A study has found that our brains actually process images differently depending on which gender we are looking at - regardless of whether we ourselves are male or female.
The team behind the research says it could help explain why women are often the subject of sexual objectification
The research, published in the European Journal of Social Psychology, found in a series of experiments that participants processed images of men and women in very different ways.
When casting our eyes upon an object, our brains either perceive it in its entirety or as a collection of its parts.
When presented with images of men, people tended to rely more on 'global' cognitive processing, the mental method in which a person is perceived as a whole.
Meanwhile, images of women were more often the subject of 'local' cognitive processing, or the objectifying perception of something as an assemblage of its various parts
When casting our eyes upon an object, our brains either perceive it in its entirety or as a collection of its parts.
When presented with images of men, people tended to rely more on 'global' cognitive processing, the mental method in which a person is perceived as a whole.
Meanwhile, images of women were more often the subject of 'local' cognitive processing, or the objectifying perception of something as an assemblage of its various parts
The team also found both men and women have the same issue, and that regardless of their gender, perceivers saw men more 'globally' and women more 'locally'.
'We can't just pin this on the men,' said Gervais.
'Women are perceiving women this way, too,' Gervais said.
'It could be related to different motives.
'Men might be doing it because they're interested in potential mates, while women may do it as more of a comparison with themselves.
'But what we do know is that they're both doing it.'
The team now hopes to work on a method to lessen the differences, which they hope could help limit the objectification of women
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'We can't just pin this on the men,' said Gervais.
'Women are perceiving women this way, too,' Gervais said.
'It could be related to different motives.
'Men might be doing it because they're interested in potential mates, while women may do it as more of a comparison with themselves.
'But what we do know is that they're both doing it.'
The team now hopes to work on a method to lessen the differences, which they hope could help limit the objectification of women
Read more: http://www.dailymail/
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