Men want hot women, study confirms
Ya don't say :tomato:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science....ap/index.html Science is confirming what most women know: When given the choice for a mate, men go for good looks. In the dating game, men know what they want. And guys won't be surprised to learn that women are much choosier about partners than they are. "Just because people say they're looking for a particular set of characteristics in a mate, someone like themselves, doesn't mean that is what they'll end up choosing," Peter M. Todd, of the cognitive science program at Indiana University, Bloomington, said in a telephone interview. Researchers led by Todd report in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that their study found humans were similar to most other mammals, "following Darwin's principle of choosy females and competitive males, even if humans say something different." Their study involved 26 men and 20 women in Munich, Germany. Participants ranged in age from 26 to their early 40s and took part in "speed dating," short meetings of three to seven minutes in which people chat, then move on to meet another dater. Afterward, participants check off the people they'd like to meet again, and dates can be arranged between pairs who select one another. Speed dating let researchers look at a lot of mate choices in a short time, Todd said. In the study, participants were asked before the session to fill out a questionnaire about what they were looking for in a mate, listing such categories as wealth and status, family commitment, physical appearance, healthiness and attractiveness. After the session, the researchers compared what the participants said they were looking for with the people they actually chose to ask for another date. Men's choices did not reflect their stated preferences, the researchers concluded. Instead, men appeared to base their decisions mostly on the women's physical attractiveness. The men also appeared to be much less choosy. Men tended to select nearly every woman above a certain minimum attractiveness threshold, Todd said. Women's actual choices, like men's, did not reflect their stated preferences, but they made more discriminating choices, the researchers found. The scientists said women were aware of the importance of their own attractiveness to men, and adjusted their expectations to select the more desirable guys. "Women made offers to men who had overall qualities that were on a par with the women's self-rated attractiveness. They didn't greatly overshoot their attractiveness," Todd said, "because part of the goal for women is to choose men who would stay with them" But, he added, "they didn't go lower. They knew what they could get and aimed for that level." So, it turns out, the women's attractiveness influenced the choices of the men and the women. |
Whoever gave the grant to Indiana University for such a :co: research is a dumb@$$. :2cents:
That is all. :rice: |
I just have to assume that the guys conducting the study are all gay...
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Originally Posted by Yumchah
Whoever gave the grant to Indiana University for such a :co: research is a dumb@$$. :2cents:
That is all. :rice: |
u needed to do research for that?
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Shocker!!!!!!
What's next...a study that Women are attracted to men with money & power?!?!?! |
Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S
Shocker!!!!!!
What's next...a study that Women are attracted to men with money & power?!?!?! this incredible study has astounded me...this whole time I thought I was attracted to women who enjoyed gardening... :tomato: |
Originally Posted by Yumchah
Whoever gave the grant to Indiana University for such a :co: research is a dumb@$$. :2cents:
That is all. :rice: Duh. |
This reminds me of a funny newspaper headline I once saw posted on the internet....
"STUDY SHOWS PERCENTAGE OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY DROPS AFTER AGE 19" :what: |
Originally Posted by spdy0001
This reminds me of a funny newspaper headline I once saw posted on the internet....
"STUDY SHOWS PERCENTAGE OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY DROPS AFTER AGE 19" :what: |
Originally Posted by spdy0001
This reminds me of a funny newspaper headline I once saw posted on the internet....
"STUDY SHOWS PERCENTAGE OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY DROPS AFTER AGE 19" :what: |
Originally Posted by spdy0001
This reminds me of a funny newspaper headline I once saw posted on the internet....
"STUDY SHOWS PERCENTAGE OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY DROPS AFTER AGE 19" :what: |
However, given how easily Indy Uni seems to be approving of research grants...I wonder if I could submit a study on "How Owning and Driving an Aston Martin Improves Life Expectancy and Quality of Life."
:ponder: |
this reminds me of the foamy cartoon where he rants about dumb ass studies and how they waste tax money then goes into how bad studies that show other studies waste tax money there was a top 10 list of stupid studies done a while back i think one of the top ones was showing that SWOLOWING MAGNETS IS BAD
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Originally Posted by Yumchah
However, given how easily Indy Uni seems to be approving of research grants...I wonder if I could submit a study on "How Owning and Driving an Aston Martin Improves Life Expectancy and Quality of Life."
:ponder: |
Originally Posted by wndrlst
Hook me up if they need more test subjects... :wish:
I also want to submit a request for approval for a study about what happens when an female forum member FINALLY posts a picture of herself and her assets. :bitelip: Just sayin'. You know. |
Originally Posted by Yumchah
No prob.
I also want to submit a request for approval for a study about what happens when an female forum member FINALLY posts a picture of herself and her assets. :bitelip: Just sayin'. You know. You need to tell that gf/fiancee of yours to give you some :thumbsup: |
Originally Posted by spdy0001
:rofl:
You need to tell that gf/fiancee of yours to give you some :thumbsup: It's all about e-giving me some. My online persona needs the love just as well. Duh. |
Originally Posted by Yumchah
Dude. She's not online, is she?
It's all about e-giving me some. My online persona needs the love just as well. Duh. Good luck with e-gettin some, maybe some lady will e-give you sum in your e-Aston Martin. I feel bad for you yummy if wndrlst turns out to be some 300lb guy with back hair :tongue: |
Originally Posted by spdy0001
I feel bad for you yummy if wndrlst turns out to be some 300lb guy with back hair :tongue: |
Originally Posted by Yumchah
Dude. She's not online, is she?
It's all about e-giving me some. My online persona needs the love just as well. Duh. |
Originally Posted by Yumchah
Dude. She's not online, is she?
It's all about e-giving me some. My online persona needs the love just as well. Duh. I think you need to do as revitupwriteitoff does and get the SO here so you can e-get some. :tomato: Oh, and yes, that study was only surprising in the minimal number of subjects surveyed, although common sense and experience would say the study is pretty much unnecessary. |
Studies also show that infants under the age of 6 months are fixed upon faces rated as attractive by adults much more than faces rated as unattractive by adults. Infants prefer to play with strangers who are attractive as opposed to strangers who are unattractive. It could be a learned characteristic through infancy as to why most men and women are fixated on the looks of a person/mate during their adult years.
So, there ya go. |
Originally Posted by sonnyg80
Tell her to jump on AIM for some dirty cyber talk :shrug:
But, yes...she can cyberchat with me about robots all night long. :pervert: |
Originally Posted by Will Y.
:what: Umm... aren't you only getting e-rejected by wndrlst?? I think you might actually be doing better in real life than on-line! :tongue:
I think you need to do as revitupwriteitoff does and get the SO here so you can e-get some. :tomato: Oh, and yes, that study was only surprising in the minimal number of subjects surveyed, although common sense and experience would say the study is pretty much unnecessary. :smooch: |
Originally Posted by wndrlst
Aw, do I e-reject Yumster? Just because I refuse to post pics, doesn't mean I don't e-wuv him...
:smooch: |
Originally Posted by RaviNJCLs
You know you want the YummyCheeks.
:wave: Ravi |
I want women for their personality
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Originally Posted by wndrlst
Mmmm, cheeks...yummy. :tongue:
:wave: Ravi |
lol...the way this thread turned into a yummycheeks/wndrlst thread is great...hi everyone!!!!
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Originally Posted by poohlikeshunny
lol...the way this thread turned into a yummycheeks/wndrlst thread is great...hi everyone!!!!
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Originally Posted by RaviNJCLs
Most do. What's up?
Gotta change the flavor a bit. |
YUMMY CHAN!!! yeah...sounds about right...I'm surprised a pic of yummy humpin an aston didn't pop up here...
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