by Andrew Smiler | Jan 23, 2015 | Media
It’s one of those everlasting questions: What qualities do (hetero) men want in a woman? In order to put this question in context, we compared men’s desired characteristics in a (female) romantic partner with their desired characteristics in a (female)...
by Andrew Smiler | Jan 23, 2015 | Media
When a guy says that he “hooked up” with someone, what exactly does he mean? Does it mean they had sex (and what does “sex” mean anyway)? In order to find out, I interviewed 20 guys to find out how they used “hooking up” and how they understood...
by Andrew Smiler | Dec 17, 2014 | Media
During adolescence, most youth experience their first kiss, first relationship, and first sex (intercourse). Instead of talking about adolescent sexuality as inherently risky, I tend to think about it as typical or “normative.” After all, if most...
by Andrew Smiler | Feb 24, 2008 | Media
This was a collaborative project with Susan Gelman (U Michigan), author of “The Essential Child.”What is essentialism? Essentialism refers to the idea that a thing has an inherent or natural meaning/form/way of being. Essentialism is the fundamental...
by Andrew Smiler | Dec 6, 2006 | Media
The goal of this study was to look at connections between several “masculinities” or “social identities”, such as “jock,” “tough,” and “nerd”, and how they connect to various components of masculinity, such as homophobia, sexism, competitiveness, etc. (Nerds may be...
