This isn’t any surprise. Researchers have discovered lately that women identify more strongly with their image and appearance than men. And such women feel better about themselves while posting pics on FB. In fact, they share more photos online.
Dr Stefanone and his team examined specific online behaviour on social network sites. They surveyed & studied 311 volunteers. They looked at the amount of time men and women spent managing profiles, the number of photos they shared, the size of their online networks and how promiscuous they were in terms of 'friending' behaviour.
But according to them, people whose self-worth is defined by family life and behaving in a morally upstanding manner 'spent less time online'. This implies that all those who share pics on FB don’t have morals & there is a huge question mark on their self-worth. 311 people are not enough. They need to carry out the survey on a much larger scale. And frankly speaking, it’s nice to hear things like promiscuous in terms of'friending' behaviour. This sounds quite judgmental.
Anyway Dr Stefanone also said: 'Although it's stereotypical and might have been predicted, it is disappointing to me that in the year 2011 so many young women continue to assert their self-worth via their physical appearance - in this case, by posting photos of themselves on Facebook as a form of advertisement…Perhaps this reflects the distorted value pegged to women's looks throughout the popular culture and in reality television.'
So what if people attach importance to looks & I don’t think it’s such a crime if you are in love with yourself. It’s just that they have to find fault in everything. It’s true that some people change their pics every now & then & even though they are not much to look at, everyone calls them hottie. And if they feel good about it, what’s the harm? I happen to know people who are quite ordinary looking but they derive pleasure whenever they see anyone who’s not much to look at. I think something is wrong with these people. Why don’t they carry out a study on it?
What I have seen is that all over the world people find fault with those who spent time on the net. They believe they don’t have lives. And what about all of us who work on the net? Does that mean we have no morals whatsoever? And just who is the fucking judge?
I change my pic quite often & I don’t think I’m competing with anyone in my circle. I believe everyone knows how he/she looks. When you have doubts & you want to hear lies, that might be a different story.
I just can’t totally agree with this study. It seems a bit judgmental to me. They had a case against such people & they bring in self-esteem & all that crap to prove their point. Although there is a possibility that some women are competing with others but that happens in real life as well. They may have complexes & so they change their pics to prove a point that they are sexy & hot. I think it has more to do with envy, jealousy & yeah some kind of competition. Anyone who is totally engrossed in his/her looks won’t have time for those who don’t know what the god-damn feeling is about. Yeah you can be vain about it but you don’t have time for others & what they are thinking & if they like your face or not. I’m so sorry to say but who gives 2 shit to those who are competing. I believe the only person you can compete with is yourself…when you start competing with others, it says a lot about your complexes. This study hasn’t elaborated on anything that was not known earlier on.
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