1. By: Emily Pekas Minnesota State University Moorhead
The Effect of Facial Expressions and Attractiveness on Female Perceptions of Sexual Harassment
By: Emily Pekas
Minnesota State University Moorhead

2. Intro/background- Problems
Very relevant- Sexual harassment charges in the media
Workplace studies have shown confusion about what it is (Nielsen et al., 2017).
Very few studies done on influences

3. Intro/background- Previous Research
Smiling individuals rated high on positive personality traits (Senft et al., 2016).
Halo effect can have influences on decisions in the courtroom (Golden et al., 2001).
Women might not accuse due to fear (Herrera et al., 2017)

4. Intro/background- Purpose
Combine the variables of attractiveness and facial expressions
Do they have an effect??
Hypotheses

5. Method- Participants
Female undergraduate students at Minnesota State University Moorhead
Blue cards for extra credit

6. Method- Design 2 X 2 within-subjects factorial design
2 levels of attractiveness
2 levels of facial expressions
DV: sexual harassment

7. Method- Materials
Photos from Chicago Face Database

8. Method- Materials cont.
Scenarios I’ve created
Rating scale from 0-5

9. Method- Procedure
Participants will view four different photo/scenario combination
Rate male on four different variables

10. Results Gather means for two IVs
Run two separate repeated-measure ANOVAS

11. Questions??
Thank you! 