Summary: <p><audio> </audio> </p><p>Why do people have cosmetic surgery, and how do cosmetic surgery advertisements make women feel about themselves and behave towards their partners? I also speak to Dr. Sylvie Borau of the Toulouse Business School about her new research on how sexy advertisements trigger women's competitive urges.</p><p><a href="http://archive.org/download/pap-2017-10-24/pap-2017-10-24.mp3">Download the MP3</a> </p><p><b>Support me!</b><br> <a href="http://www.patreon.com/psychology">Support the podcast on Patreon</a> for as little as $1 and get access to the patron-only feed, including bonus podcasts and blogs not available elsewhere.</p><p><b>Rate me!</b><br> Rate, review, or listen <a href="http://www.robertburriss.com/itunes">in iTunes</a> or <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=63199&refid=stpr">in Stitcher.</a> </p><p><b>Read the transcript!</b><br> <a href="https://medium.com/@RobertBurriss/why-undergo-cosmetic-surgery-15df729a160e">Why Undergo Cosmetic Surgery?</a></p><p><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nTxKORw5fic/WaVSGDoqC4I/AAAAAAAACGU/HtV6APmwNt8ZMWfwBWHK0Wt4uVhns7sZQCLcBGAs/s1600/mike%2Bmonaghan.jpg"></p><p><i>How do sexy swimwear advertisements affect women's competitive urges? <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikey_blue_eyes/13947030877">Mike Monoghan/Flickr</a></i></p><p><b>The articles covered in the show:</b> </p><p>Ashikali, E.-M., Dittmar, H., & Ayers, S. (2017). The impact of cosmetic surgery advertising on Swiss women's body image and attitudes toward cosmetic surgery. <span style="font-style: italic;">Swiss Journal of Psychology, 76</span>(1), 13-21. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185/a000187">Read summary</a></p><p>Atari, M., Barbaro, N., Sela, Y., Shackelford, T. K., & Chegeni, R. (in press). Consideration of cosmetic surgery as part of women's benefit-provisioning mate retention strategy. <span style="font-style: italic;">Frontiers in Psychology</span>. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/">Read summary</a></p><p>Borau, S., & Bonnefon, J.-F. (in press). The imaginary intrasexual competition: Advertisements featuring provocative female models trigger women to engage in indirect aggression. <span style="font-style: italic;">Journal of Business Ethics</span>. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3643-y">Read summary</a></p>
