You might want to think twice before you wear that sexy suit to the office, as too much attention from the guys at work could affect your performance, according to a new study.
Research conducted at the University of Nebraska found that women who were subjected to an "objectifying gaze" by men performed less well at maths tests than those who were not.
And it also found that men's performance was unaffected whether they were ogled by women or not.
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The researchers think that their work could have implications for boosting the number of women in the areas in which they are under-represented, such as science, technology and engineering.
Their experiment involved getting 150 men and women - all undergraduate students - to take part in an exercise which they were told was about team work. They had 10 minutes to tackle 12 maths problems.
Some of them were looked up and down by an interviewer of the opposite sex as they entered the room - with intermittent glances also being made at the ladies' boobs.
The "objectified" people also had written feedback that they "looked good" before they took the test.
Women who were leered at got less than five questions right on average, while those who were not scored an average of six.
Lead researcher Dr Sarah Gervais said: "It creates this vicious cycle for women in which they’re under-performing in maths or at work, but they’re continuing to want to interact with the person who’s making them under-perform in the first place."
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