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Relation between body hair removal, body care and sexuality
Köstingerová, Lenka ; Martinec Nováková, Lenka (advisor) ; Pivoňková, Věra (referee)
Relation between body hair removal, body care and sexuality Although hair removal has been described as a "new norm" during the past decades, only a little is known about body hair removal patterns of women in the Czech Republic. The purpose of this study was to assess leg, underam an pubic hair removal behavior among women in the Czech Republic and to test the degree to which hair removal in various parts of the body is associated with body care as such, that is, to find out if it has become an integral part of women's daily body care practices or whether it is regarded as a rather specific one, unrelated to one's other body care habits. Furthermore, an association with sexual experience has been tested, along with attitudes towards sex and one's genitals, which have been shown to be a significant intervening factor by some authors. Last but not least, the importance of various reasons mostly given for hair removal has been assessed as well. First, a total of 15 women aged 19 to 46 years were interviewed in a pilot qualitative study. Then a total of 111 women aged 20 to 30 years completed an Internet-based survey by means of which quantitative data were obtained on basic demographics, body care, body hair removal practices and reasons for doing so, attitudes to one's genitals and to various sexual...
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The human face in relation to personality of individual
Řezníčková, Tereza ; Pivoňková, Věra (advisor) ; Třebický, Vít (referee)
The human face is the richest source of information of the human body. It has been connected with psychological characteristics since the ancient Greece. Nowadays the science has been trying to empirically prove the mentioned connection. Researches are interested in perception of personality characteristics based on facial morphology. We can include there researches that investigate the accuracy of the perception of such personality traits on the basis of personality questionnaires. Studies show that personality of individual can be estimated accurately even from facial photography for extraversion, dominance or intelligence of an individual. The evaluators also agree on attributed personality traits. This may be due to the fact that our evaluations are affected by many factors and accuracy in evaluating of personality traits may have several explanations. Personality and morphology can affect biological (e.g. sexual hormones) or ecological and social factors. Facial morphology may be formed by personality traits or frequent emotional expression. It can be also caused by appropriate characteristics that are attributed to us by others. Babyfaced, facial feminity or masculinity or attractiveness of an evaluated individual is the most important factor that affects our evaluation.
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Relation between Physical Attractiveness and Grooming"
Marečková, Jana ; Rubešová, Anna (advisor) ; Pivoňková, Věra (referee)
Physical attractiveness plays an important role in many aspects of our lives. The aim of this study is to reveal what is the correlation between rating of physical attractiveness made by oneself and by others, and personal grooming. The relation between self-rating of overall physical attractiveness and its rating made by others (using photographs) and connection between these ratings and personal grooming were examined on the basis of a heterogeneous sample of 43 women and 32 men. These ratings of overall attractiveness, face attractiveness and body attractiveness were provided by 34 judges (each time 17 males and 17 females) different for every variable. Our results showed a positive relation between participant's self-rating of overall physical attractiveness and its rating made by others. Further analyses proved that rating of overall physical attractiveness was positively associated both with facial and body attractiveness for both sexes. With regard to women, a correlation between self-rating of physical attractiveness and reduced care of body shape and eyebrow was revealed; regarding men, self-rating correlated with reduced care of body shape, hair, fingernails and less care for outfit was shown. Concerning female participants, no relation between rating of overall physical attractiveness...
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