What Your Profile Picture (Scientifically) Says About You

You may get a lot of friend requests from random men, but most women will probably ignore you. When a woman is overtly sexual in pictures, other women have a tendency to think that they're helpless and incompetent. 

In a study conducted by Oregon State University, researchers found that young women who posted sexy or revealing photos were looked at by their peers as less physically and socially competent to perform tasks. 

Lead researcher Elizabeth Daniels created two fake Facebook profiles for a fictitious young woman, Amanda Johnson. The body of both profiles had similarities, and the only difference was the profile pictures: one featured a sexy photo and the other profile had a very casual looking picture. 
The participants of the study were two groups of women: one group of teen girls and the other. young adult women. They were asked to rate the fictitious woman's attractiveness on if they thought they could be friends with her, and if they had confidence that she could be counted to get the job done. The results showed that non-sexy Amanda scored higher in all three areas, and a huge amount of participants felt that ultra-sexy Amanda couldn't be depended on to get the job done.