Posted on 04/05/2006 10:11:16 AM PDT by iPod Shuffle
What women look for in a man
Wed Apr 5, 2006 4:47 PM BST164
LONDON (Reuters) - The old adage that women look for wealth in a man appears to be under threat after research on Wednesday showed women are starting to put physical attractiveness above solvency.
The shift is occurring because women have been freed from the constraints that previously dictated how they chose a mate as they increasingly control their own finances, the study said.
"We are seeing that women who have control over their finances are less concerned with the fiscal status of their potential mates and look more as to how attractive they may be," said one of the authors, Fhionna Moore from University of St Andrews.
The findings, to be published in Evolution and Human Behaviour journal, showed, however, that women who had low levels of financial independence still tended to rate a man's fiscal status above attractiveness.
Moore, a research student, found that as a woman's level of "resource control" changed, so did her preferences.
"It is the control and the independence the money gives rather than the absolute income level that appears to be the key predicting variable," she told Reuters.
An analysis of questionnaires returned by 1,851 heterosexual women aged between 18 and 35 showed women were able to change their attitudes relatively quickly in reaction to their changed financial status.
"We seem capable of changing our preferences in quite a short time which suggest environmental factors rather than inherent traits had a big impact in choice," she said.
"Women are quicker at adapting behaviour than previously thought," added Moore who is attached to the University's psychology department.
True, but I do not care how much $$ he has I am not screwing him. A prostitute, I am not.
Good luck.
Congratulations! You picked up on the setup line.
Is Brad Pitt known for being "dirty"? If so,is that "I'm afraid of soap and water" dirty,or is it "Hollywood" dirty?
I can smell the BO from that pic.
Hmmm,
Sometimes not having a sense of smell has it's advantages :)
The poor bird! I didn't realize they had such unusual brains!
I hope it recovers. My old cat had a breakdown when our first baby was born, and scratched all the fur off her own head. The vet gave her a tranquilizer, and she lay around in a daze for about a month, while she got used to the invasion of her territory!
If the rumors are true, that would help. Of course, the hair tends to get greasy and bits of ... stuff ... tend to accumulate in unfortunate places.
I don't remember where I heard this, but my understanding is that Brad is kinda, uh, stinky. Too much reading in the supermarket check out line, no doubt.
Of course, that contrived "manly" unwashed stubbly thing just doesn't do it for me.
The real thing now........
Pinky: Gee, Brain, what are we going to do tonight?
Brain: The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world!
All the more reason to skinny dip in the pool I guess :)
....if the ladies don't find ya handsome , they should find ya handy--Red Green
Poor Kitty!
I'm sure he's adjusted to space invasion now ;)
She passed away from extreme old age last year, after 14 years of armed truce with the children. Usually their first word would be "Caaaaaaat!" and the next would be "Bite'choo!"
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Sounds like fun to me! Let's git er done, Brain!
There's hope for me after all ... :-)
Come on down!
At this point if it moves, I'll take him. :-(
*waving*
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