Posted on 03/25/2009 4:23:54 PM PDT by GOPGuide
Men who drive expensive cars really are more attractive to women, according to a study by university researchers.
Psychologists proved what car-dealers have boasted for generations the car one drives is key when it comes to turning a woman's head.
The university team showed women pictures of the same man sitting in two cars - a £70,000 silver Bentley Continental and a battered Ford Fiesta.
The women, who were aged between 21 to 40, picked the man sitting in the Bentley ahead of the same man in the Ford.
Dr Michael Dunn, of the University of Wales Institute in Cardiff, said it shows women rate a man higher if he is behind the wheels of a "fancy motor rather than in an old banger".
His research, in the latest edition of the British Journal of Psychology, also shows that men are more interested in a women's looks not her motor.
The researchers say the men tested in the same way are not impressed by whatever car a woman drives because they judge purely on her face and figure.
Dr Dunn said his findings confirmed that women judge a man by his wealth and status whereas men are primarily concerned with what a woman looks like.
He said he was spurred by his own interest in evolutionary psychology along with the increasing number of women buying so-called "high end" motors.
He said: "There's a wide variety of evidence that does suggest that females are more influenced by wealth and status.
"It's not a recent phenomenon. It is very ingrained and the evidence is not just anecdotal.
"Females focus on questions of wealth and status because if the male possesses those, that male would be in a better condition to rear healthy offspring."
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duh
Guys like hot chicks, women like rich guys.
Who knew!
Truly another Gomer Pyle moment.
I’m shocked!!!
Well sometimes girls go for the starving musician types too. You know, til after College when their parents stop paying for them.
women are attracted to
money.
And this is a surprise, how? Yes, many women put money > person. Many men put looks > person. No surprise there. And we wonder why the divorce rate is so high?
Dr Michael Dunn, of the University of Wales Institute in Cardiff, how much did this study cost?
they picked the Bentley over the fiesta ?? what losers they are...
Hey how much did you pay for that study! Or was it a grant?
Truly another Gomer Pyle moment.
A 5 year 3 million dollar study. No matter how much alcohol was consumed, the results were the same. Amazing.
Really. I could have told them the exact same thing for a lot less, since it is obvious.
This is akin to revealing that people would rather eat a steak dinner than a s__t sandwich.
The good professor needs to consider making a study of the defecation habits of ursine creatures for his next project - we impatiently await the results.
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