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Male politicians have ‘bigger heads’ in more gender-equal cultures

October 18, 2012 by

When it comes to analyzing gender stereotypes in the media, studies have shown that photographs of men focus on male faces while photographs of women are more focused on women's bodies. A recent study finds that this type of "face-ism" is even more extreme in cultures with less educational, professional, and political gender discrimination.

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