‘The Lady in Red’ Is Seen as a Threat By Other Women
The Lady in Red is a well-established trope for a sexually receptive woman. There’s a song about it, and a movie with the title as well. It’s even featured in cartoons, as seen above. And it’s scientifically established that men see a red dress as a signal for sexy times. But how do other women react? A new study from the University of Rochester, Trnava University, and the Slovak Academy of Sciences shows that women see another woman in a red dress as a threat to their relationships. Or in other words, they can see that hussy coming from a mile away. The findings are the result of three separate experiments. In the first experiment, participants were simply shown a picture of a woman in a white dress and a woman in a red dress and asked questions about the pictures such as “This person is interested in sex.” The woman in the red dress was rated more sexually receptive, although the relationship status of the people being interviewed did not