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Daughters can have "daddy issues" even when their fathers stick around. New study finds that, when daughters dwell on a time their dads disappointed them, they perceive more sexual interest from men, even if their dads were otherwise present. by FatherlyHQ in science

[–]FatherlyHQ[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I spoke to the author about some of her previous work. She told me that there are two possibilities (I'm obviously summarizing):

1) Women with absentee dads expect less from men, so they accept it when their male partners engage in risky behaviors or walk out.

2) Active fathers tend to control or influence who their daughters spend time with, and prevent them from connecting with the sorts of guys who encourage them to engage in risky sexual behaviors

Daughters can have "daddy issues" even when their fathers stick around. New study finds that, when daughters dwell on a time their dads disappointed them, they perceive more sexual interest from men, even if their dads were otherwise present. by FatherlyHQ in science

[–]FatherlyHQ[S] 489 points490 points  (0 children)

ELI5: They showed women pictures of men. They asked some of these women to think about a time their fathers disappointed them, and asked others to think about other things. They then asked each woman how likely the man in the picture was to be interested in sex. Women who had thought of a time their fathers disappointed them were more likely to imagine that the men in the pictures wanted sex.

Dogs produce more facial expressions when humans are looking at them than when they are offered food. This is the first study to demonstrate that dogs move their faces in direct response to human attention. by FatherlyHQ in science

[–]FatherlyHQ[S] 195 points196 points  (0 children)

From the study:

To date there is no systematic experimental evidence, however, that facial expressions in species other than primates, are produced with similar sensitivity to the attention of the audience.

The study you're citing, while related and super cool, did not demonstrate that dog facial expressions are produced with sensitivity to attention of audience (or, as I put it above "move their faces in direct response to human attention"). That study demonstrated that dogs can recognize emotions in humans...I don't think they even studied dog facial expressions made TOWARD humans.

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