A blog on the Wall Street Journal website summarizes a doctoral dissertation research which was recently published in the journal "PLoS One". The research shows that how one perceives the race of a man depends partly on the clothes he is wearing, with well-dressed men being perceived as being "White" and work clothes dressed men being perceived as being "Black". There's more to this so here's the link to the WSJ blog entry: http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2011/09/26/what-you-wear-can-influence-how-people-perceive-your-race/
And the PLoS One article is available online here: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0025107 NOTE: previously, research had shown that a man's attire was an important factor is a woman's willingness to engage in a relationship with a man, with increasing clothes status correlated with increased willingness to engage in a relationship. For one source on this, see our good friends at the Psychology Today website: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/homo-consumericus/201002/do-the-clothes-make-the-man Then again, men have known this for a long time as shown in the following quote: |Clean shirt, new shoes |and I don't know what I am gonna do. |Silk suit, black tie, |I don't need a reason why. |They come runnin' just as fast as they can |cause every girl is crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man. (from the ZZ Top Social Research Group) -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=12991 or send a blank email to leave-12991-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
