Posted on 05/26/2011 11:54:03 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
A man walks into a bar, catches a girl's eye, and immediately looks gloomy, moody and averts his eyes. The woman is overcome with sexual attraction. Not your usual love story but maybe a more realistic one. Turns out, a winning smile isn't the way to a woman's heart; men who swagger and look gloomy are more likely to set pulses raising.
That's according to Jessica Tracy at the University of British Columbia, Canada, who asked more than 1000 adults to rate the sexual attractiveness of hundreds of photos of the opposite sex.
The images showed men and women in various displays of happiness, with big smiles and puffed out chests or shameful glances, lowered heads and averted eyes.
In an interview with UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph, co-author Alec Beall, also at British Columbia said: "We did not ask participants if they thought these targets would make a good boyfriend or wife - we wanted their gut reactions on carnal, sexual attraction."
The study found that women were not attracted to smiling, happy men, preferring those who looked proud and powerful or moody and ashamed.
(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...
Nah, it’s been common knowledge since just about forever. Why they had to waste money on a study, I have no idea.
Anyway, I’m attracted to the smiling men, so it doesn’t even apply to me at all. [shrugs]
You must not have gotten the memo.
Short term maybe for a little fun-fun.
Long term? Hope you like the roller coaster ride.
I never pay attention to what they order in those memos.
Did you see the story on foxnews.com yesterday about the National Science Federation spending money on exercise for shrimp? Now THERE is money wasted on a study!
Awww :)
Lucky for me, I missed that one. Exercise for shrimp? For goodness sake, aren’t the little things tough enough already? They’re already like eating erasers.
Agree 100%!
*snort*
LOL! And I thought Col. Flagg was kidding.
Would I kid you? With the lightning you throw around? :D
You can kid me anytime, sweetie. I’m such a softy, really!
Tell him Slings, please.
YES MA’AM! SOFTY MA’AM!
Cut it out, Slings. I haven’t [ahem] chastised you for years.
Two folks I like to have in my corner, for sure :)
Heh....
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