http://cache.jezebel.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png http://jezebel.com/tag/insecurity http://jezebel.com/tag/insecurity A recent study found students who seemed less confident were better at flirting: "They seem to be acutely attentive to the other person's needs. They share of themselves; they appear interesting, because they want desperately to seem that way." More »
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"Why are women so obsessed with the size of a man's cock, wanting ones 6" and over, kicking others aside, when really they should concentrate on love, putting the size of the cock right out of her mind?" [Guardian] More »
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The TSA has come under fire in the wake of the Christmas bombing for geographical profiling, but it may be developing a new technique: mind-reading. More »
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Women hate getting our pictures taken. Or, rather, as Leah Hardy muses in her first-person essay in the Times of London, we hate the way we look once they're taken; over two thirds of women surveyed by Hewlett Packard revealed that they are "deeply embarrassed" by the way they look in pictures. We hate it so much that an industry has built up around airbrushing and improving our digital selves for posterity: "www.digifacelift.com will whiten your teeth, slim you down and tidy your hair for around £12, while www.retouchphoto.co.uk can even give you a complete facelift, wiping away sagging jowls and eyebags, with prices starting at just £2. And for those who think that prevention is better than cure, Hewlett Packard digital cameras now include a “slimming” feature, which stretches your image, visually removing about 10lbs in the process — a practice dubbed “digital dieting.”' By the same token, people have learned to 'de-tag' themselves on Facebook, so as not to be identified with less than flattering images. More »
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