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#532 - Catherine Salmon - Do We Know What Turns Women On?

Modern Wisdom

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Why Do Female Fans Scream for the Beatles?

Female fans scream for pop stars, but why we still have a lot to learn. Emotional contagion is likely only part of the explanation. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has certainly elicited shrieks and screams from young female fans. The frantic and frenetic screaming at concerts appears almost contagious. Why do they do it for the Beatles? No doubt society's rules about conformity were far stricter in 1964 than they were today. Yet fans of Justin Bieber screamed today in much the same way that the fans of the Beatles did then.

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