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.
And according to this article, Al better not separate from his wife or he's screwed.
Great...there's hope for me yet.I'm so handsome that you wouldn't believe it,but I don't have two nickels to rub together.
Aw, c'mon! Took me forever to find a decent job, and now I have to start working out??
anything green, including green cards
Sorry, Ladies, I'm already taken. Move along now.
Women are looking for good looking men, and men are looking for rich women.
Guess I'm outta luck either way. ;^(
I married my husband primarily for his sense of humor, and twenty years later I'm still laughing. If I had married him for his money, I would have found it by now.
Long fingers.
$$$$$$$
LMAO!!! You're gonna get me in trouble at work. LOL!
1. Sperm 2. Bringing home the bacon
When marriage is crumbling as an institution, then #2 becomes less important. The problem is that then women start chasing the alpha male, who has plenty of women. This leads to polygamy as powerful men start accumulating women like property. Thank goodness women are so liberated today!
Well, it doesn't rule out thong underware, and that better be what they're looking for, as uncomfortable as they are.
Owl_Eagle
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
You may visit the store ONLY ONCE ! You may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the Building!
So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband . . .
On the first floor the sign on the door reads:
Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord.
The second floor sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids.
The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking.
“Wow,” she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop- dead good looking and help with the housework.
“Oh, mercy me!” she exclaims, “I can hardly stand it!”
Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop- dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,212 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists only as proof that women are impossible to please.
Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!
What? Your boss wouldn't appreciate the fact that women desire . . . office supplies? :-)
Well, I'm truly SOL. I'm ugly and broke.
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