There has been much speculation about the hypothesis that eye-rolling is an evolutionary trait of women, which would explain why it is performed more by females than their male counterparts. WWE Legend The Undertaker uses eye-rolling (with his pupils and irises completely obscured) as an intimidation tactic. She rolled her eyes while exasperated by another journalist's excessive obsequiousness towards a government official, and got censored as a result, with CNN reporting rumors that her press credentials were revoked because of the eye-rolling. In 2018, a Chinese journalist's eye-rolling became international news. In 2010, members of the city council of Elmhurst, Illinois, wished to make a law outlawing eye-rolling. The gesture shows the other party that what they are doing is so undesirable that it is not even worth looking at or giving a thought, which is why many relationships are destroyed by excessive use of the action. Ī study conducted by John Gottman states that contemptuous behavior like eye-rolling is the top factor of predicting divorce, followed by criticism, defensiveness, and stonewalling. Avoidance may be characterized by conveying hostility or distancing, often with the purpose of ending a relationship of any kind. Eye-rolling is often accompanied by crossing of the arms and throwing the head or body back in an increased effort to symbolize avoidance or displeasure. Thirteen-year-old girls showed eye-rolling to be the main sign of aggression toward their peers in social situations.
When studying exclusively adolescent females, the eye-roll gesture was observed to be the most prominent response to displeasure. The facial expression is one of the most common forms of non-verbal communication among humans.
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