![]() ![]() One study on 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology found that objectifying Palin by focusing on her looks made her appear less competent and less "fully human" in the eyes of 133 participants. Research also suggests objectification can affect how they are perceived by the public. A study published earlier this year in the Journal of Communicationthat reviewed existing research found that female politicians get less media coverage than their male counterparts, but when they are featured, more attention is given to their appearance and personal lives. The resultant searches appear to be an example of the sexist attitudes that female politicians have to deal with. Harris also sparked a meme and merchandise after she told Pence "I'm speaking" when he repeatedly interrupted her during the event. The vice presidential debate covered topics including the COVID-19 pandemic, and their respective running mates, president Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. Google users searched for images of Harris in a bathing suit after the debate. In contrast, related queries in the same period for Pence were "x men," "net worth 2020," and "HIV." X-Men likely refers to a meme comparing him to the comic book character Stryker, and HIV to his handling of Indiana's outbreak of the virus.ĭemocratic vice presidential nominee Senator Kamala Harris speaks during the vice presidential debate in Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah on October 7, 2020, in Salt Lake City, Utah. ET, people searching for "Kamala Harris" also used the terms "bathing suit," "nude," and "bikini." "Rising" indicates that those search terms related to Kamala Harris saw the biggest spike compared to all others in that four hour period. That means in the four hours before 7 a.m. ![]() Google Trends listed these as "rising related queries" for the search term "Kamala Harris" in the four hours pior to 7 a.m. searching for "Kamala Harris bathing suit," "Kamala Harris Nude," and "Kamala Harris bikini" in the hours after the pair faced off. ![]() With less than a month to go until the presidential election on November 3, Harris debated Vice President Mike Pence for 90 minutes at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Wednesday.Īccording to Google Trends-a website run by the search engine that collects data on how popular search terms are around the world-there was a surge in people in the U.S. ![]() The vice presidential debate on Wednesday was followed by a spike in people searching Google for Senator Kamala Harris, alongside the terms "nude," "bathing suit," and "bikini." ![]()
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