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What women look for in a man
Reuters ^ | 4/5/06

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.


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To: RockinRight

You already do (and not in a bad way...why does this sound wrong?)


221 posted on 04/05/2006 1:34:26 PM PDT by Hoodlum91 (Tour guide goddess)
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To: Hoodlum91

I know!!

(sounds fine to me!)


222 posted on 04/05/2006 1:35:11 PM PDT by RockinRight (Yes...she's an excellent tour guide!)
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To: baker_girl

A guy that look sgreat in a tux or a pair of levis... a pair of levis and a white button down shirt....


grrr


223 posted on 04/05/2006 1:37:30 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher (You're kind of crazy, but in a very good way. - broham)
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To: Dashing Dasher

A guy that look sgreat in a tux or a pair of levis... a pair of levis and a white button down shirt....



Now you're talking!

D-I-T-T-O


224 posted on 04/05/2006 1:39:44 PM PDT by onyx (Elections are in November, 06 ---- 08 can wait!)
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To: Dashing Dasher

or just a pair of levis.....


225 posted on 04/05/2006 1:40:01 PM PDT by baker_girl (I'm an Aunt! Woo Hoo!)
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To: najida

Funny, I took a totally different moral away from it but then, I'm a guy.


226 posted on 04/05/2006 1:40:20 PM PDT by rattrap
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To: onyx

I'm thinking of Mikhail Baryshnikov in White Knights... and did you see The Unit on TV on Tuesday night? One of the guys ran around in jeans and a white tshirt all night.

Fabulous!


227 posted on 04/05/2006 1:41:32 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher (You're kind of crazy, but in a very good way. - broham)
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To: rattrap; proud_yank

LOL

Yank, you need to be in this thread:) It's fun.

rattrap, I'd be worried some guy would just want me for my fishing tackle :)

Is your tagline related to the RatLTrap Lure, made by Bill Lewis of Louisiana? One of my favorite fishing lures, it'll catch fish when nothing else will.


228 posted on 04/05/2006 1:44:37 PM PDT by girlangler (I'd rather be fishing)
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To: Dashing Dasher

I was NOT thinking of Mikhail.. and no I missed that Unit.

I was thinking of a BF I had who was a drop dead gorgeous look alike of Steven... Seagall. And I mean, he could have been his twin brother.


229 posted on 04/05/2006 1:44:45 PM PDT by onyx (Elections are in November, 06 ---- 08 can wait!)
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To: rattrap

My take was owe no one, and be owned by no one.


230 posted on 04/05/2006 1:45:03 PM PDT by najida (He who cannot dance puts the blame on the floor. *Hindu proverb*)
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To: onyx; Dashing Dasher

A guy that look sgreat in a tux or a pair of levis... a pair of levis and a white button down shirt....



Now you're talking!

D-I-T-T-O




Me three! Yum!


231 posted on 04/05/2006 1:49:49 PM PDT by confederacy of dunces (Workin' & lurkin')
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To: onyx

Oh my, yummy.


232 posted on 04/05/2006 1:51:08 PM PDT by najida (He who cannot dance puts the blame on the floor. *Hindu proverb*)
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To: confederacy of dunces

Make that a quad yes!


233 posted on 04/05/2006 1:51:31 PM PDT by najida (He who cannot dance puts the blame on the floor. *Hindu proverb*)
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To: John O
All me. Except I want three more kids. (I also have a five year old daughter now who realy really really wants to be a big sister)

You're trying to bribe me with the pre-existance of a daughter aren't you??

I have a colleague that has a 5 yo daughter, I've told him several times that I am going to steal her away. She's just a little sweetie.

234 posted on 04/05/2006 1:52:01 PM PDT by RikaStrom (The number one rule of the Kama Sutra is that you both be on the same page.../Exeter 051705)
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To: confederacy of dunces; najida; Dashing Dasher


LOL! See what you started, DD?

Wish men would take heed!


235 posted on 04/05/2006 1:52:31 PM PDT by onyx (Elections are in November, 06 ---- 08 can wait!)
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To: Petronski

Cover him in $1,000,000 bills and he's all mine!


236 posted on 04/05/2006 1:55:49 PM PDT by Logic n' Reason (Don't piss down my back and tell me it's rainin')
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To: onyx; confederacy of dunces; najida

I may not know much - but I know what I like.

;-)


237 posted on 04/05/2006 1:57:06 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher (You're kind of crazy, but in a very good way. - broham)
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To: onyx; confederacy of dunces; najida; Dashing Dasher

Why oh why do we always have these threads when Mr. COD is traveling? It's not fair, I tell ya.

grumble.


238 posted on 04/05/2006 1:57:20 PM PDT by confederacy of dunces (Workin' & lurkin')
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To: confederacy of dunces

It'll just make his homecoming that much sweeter darlin' ;)


239 posted on 04/05/2006 1:58:25 PM PDT by najida (He who cannot dance puts the blame on the floor. *Hindu proverb*)
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To: najida

I know, but.......

Well, erm, uh ya know.


240 posted on 04/05/2006 2:03:21 PM PDT by confederacy of dunces (Workin' & lurkin')
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