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Posting sexy pictures on dating profiles can be a turn-off and undermine a person's long-term appeal, according to new research.
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Professor Gurit Birnbaum, a sexuality researcher at the Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology at Reichman University. (Gilad Kavalerchik via SWNS)
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