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.
You already do (and not in a bad way...why does this sound wrong?)
I know!!
(sounds fine to me!)
A guy that look sgreat in a tux or a pair of levis... a pair of levis and a white button down shirt....
grrr
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
or just a pair of levis.....
Funny, I took a totally different moral away from it but then, I'm a guy.
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!
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.
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.
My take was owe no one, and be owned by no one.
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!
Oh my, yummy.
Make that a quad yes!
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.
LOL! See what you started, DD?
Wish men would take heed!
Cover him in $1,000,000 bills and he's all mine!
I may not know much - but I know what I like.
;-)
Why oh why do we always have these threads when Mr. COD is traveling? It's not fair, I tell ya.
grumble.
It'll just make his homecoming that much sweeter darlin' ;)
I know, but.......
Well, erm, uh ya know.
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