Regarding
our April fools video, we are extremely surprised by the fact that our video
attracted 10,000+ views (which is a first for us). Woohoo!
To those
who are offended by our video, we’re terribly sorry (actually we’re not),
as we wholly empathize with those who have high expectations to see Scarlett
Johansson in her full glory, while failing to do so (our video is male
oriented, sorry females… but we will do one for you next year! :D).
But why are
people so attracted to view videos that have a sexually attractive thumbnail or
sexually charged pictures, and react especially strongly to videos with suggestive
(or provocative) titles?
First of
all, let us consider this question, “what is sexual attraction?” Commonly
defined as the attraction on the basis of sexual desire or the quality of
arousing such interest, sexual attraction can range from physical qualities [looks, hair length, voice, smell (wait, what?), movements,
clothing, accessories] to personality traits.
Basically,
it is the ability of others to attract you sexually or erotically (trust us, it
is quite universal).
In this
case, we will draw on the example of Scarlett Johansson (since she is the “big
thing” nowadays and also since her picture was our video’s thumbnail after
all). To state the obvious, yes, she is sexy. But why is it so? How do we
define sexy? And how does it work? Observe the picture carefully. First of all,
she maintains an air of mystery that keeps all men pondering over her and
leaves them puzzled. This may sound masochistic, but people like puzzles! We
like to solve a question slowly, and stating everything there is to know about it
deters and neutralizes this attraction, rendering it ineffective.
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| Shrouded like a mist, deadly like an enigma. |
Secondly,
you can see in the picture that Johansson exudes an air of confidence about
herself, be it her confidence of her looks, her personality and her body. This
is fairly important because people like those who are confident about
themselves. She doesn’t need to post out an article to declare her advantages
because she already knows it! Another thing, in the picture, she looks straight
into the viewer’s eyes, and this makes her seem even more confident and
self-assured. In flirting situations (as you all should know by now), making direct
eye contact may make one seem bold, and this arouses people.
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| Makes the electric eel look like child's play. |
To put it in biological and evolutionary terms, we seek out those who are sexually attractive so that we can increase our likelihood to pass on our genes, as sexually attractive people imply an image of healthiness and well-being. Of course, this may be an oversimplification, and many may detest such an interpretation, but it should be wise to consider this as a possible explanation of our innate drives.
Nowadays,
one can see sexual attractiveness being implemented in many advertisements and
commercials. Why? Because in some cases (not all, as some studies suggested),
it works! We see pictures of women being placed in fashion magazines (Vogue,
Vanity), male magazines (Playboy, Maxim), car commercials, alcohol & cigarette
advertisements, and even gaming ads. This seems dehumanizing and degrading
towards women (as many feminists pointed out), but it is still prevalent. As
many behaviorists like to point out, this may be because we seek out
pleasurable stimulus simply because it rewards us, be it physiologically or
psychologically, even though we might regard it with distaste and disgust.
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| Deadly like a snake. |
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| Sexy like a tuna (wait, what?) |
This essay
is especially targeted to males, as sexual attraction towards female will be a
whole other story. This is longer than I expected, but I hope that my
explanations clarify the issue. And I hope this will be a knowledgeable and
entertaining read. There is nothing wrong with feeling a sexual attraction
towards a sexually attractive other, as this is what makes us human.
Once again,
like our video and share it out to support us, we deeply appreciate it. Please
look forward to our next video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibEiQv8F_co&feature=share
Ciao! J
Further
readings for those interested:
