All articles tagged with #social status
A woman bragging about her salary to her wealthy cousin was embarrassed after discovering the cousin's true wealth, leading her husband to defend her and criticize her superficial attitude, highlighting that wealth isn't always visible and shouldn't be judged by appearances or assumptions.
The article explores the high costs and social pressures of living in the Hamptons, highlighting the financial strain, social competition, and the facade of wealth that residents and visitors maintain to keep up appearances.
A cross-cultural study found that lower voice pitch makes individuals sound more attractive for long-term relationships and confers a sense of formidability and prestige, particularly among men. The study, published in Psychological Science, suggests that voice pitch influences social perceptions and status evaluation, with lower pitches being preferred for long-term relationships and higher pitches being perceived as more flirtatious. The findings also indicate that perceptions of voice pitch vary across societies based on factors such as relational mobility and homicide rates, shedding light on the evolutionary significance of voice pitch in human social interactions.
A cross-cultural study by Penn State researchers found that lower voice pitch makes both men and women sound more attractive for long-term relationships, while lower voice pitch in males also makes them sound more formidable and prestigious among other men. The study, published in Psychological Science, suggests that voice pitch influences social perceptions and has implications for understanding human evolution and how people confer and evaluate social status. The research also indicates that perceptions of voice pitch vary across societies and are responsive to relevant sociocultural variables.
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 15-year-old girl buried face down with her ankles potentially tied together in an Early Medieval settlement in Cambridgeshire, England. The burial position suggests that extra measures were taken to prevent her from "returning" from the grave, indicating she may have been considered an outsider or of low social status. Analysis of her bones revealed signs of childhood malnutrition and spinal joint disease, suggesting a life of tough manual labor. The burial location, on a boundary and near a wooden post, is similar to another burial of a woman in the late 8th to 9th century, indicating the significance of borders and boundaries in burial practices during that period. Radiocarbon dating places the girl's death between 680 AD and 880 AD.
A study conducted by researchers from the University of Edinburgh and Duke University found that male chimpanzees with bullying, greedy, and irritable personalities achieved higher social status and had greater reproductive success than their more submissive and conscientious counterparts. The team observed 28 male chimps in Tanzania’s Gombe National Park to determine the impact of personality traits on success. While the benefits of aggressive behavior were clear, the team found no evidence that certain traits were only advantageous at specific life stages, leading them to conclude that other factors, such as environmental or social conditions, may explain the diversity of personalities in chimpanzees.