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Men Agree Who's Hot, Women Don't
livescience ^ | 30 June 2009 | Jeanna Bryner,

Posted on 07/02/2009 7:46:21 PM PDT by JoeProBono

Thin and seductive, that's what men find attractive in women. But the ladies are less in agreement over what makes for a hot guy, new research finds. The news is good for guys who might think they're not the hottest hunks. But it also means more competition for the hottest chicks, scientists say.

"Men agree a lot more about who they find attractive and unattractive than women agree about who they find attractive and unattractive," said study researcher Dustin Wood, assistant professor of psychology at Wake Forest University in North Carolina.

The study included more than 1,300 heterosexual men, about 2,700 heterosexual women, about 125 homosexual men and about the same number of homosexual women. The average age of participants was about 28 years old, and ranged from 18 to more than 70.

What men want: Despite another recent study that found modern men are more interested in intelligent, educated women than in decades past, in the new study men tended to base their attractiveness ratings on women's physical features, giving stellar marks to those who looked thin and seductive. Most of the men in the study also rated photographs of women who looked confident as more attractive.

What women want: Women showed some preference for thin, muscular men. But they also disagreed over the hotness factor of many men, with some women giving a guy high attractiveness ratings while others scored the same guy as not attractive at all.

(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: hot
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1 posted on 07/02/2009 7:46:21 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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Oh now come on, you all agree I'm hot
2 posted on 07/02/2009 7:49:07 PM PDT by MaxMax (America's population is 304-Million. Obama must punish America for the other 4.7 Billion)
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3 posted on 07/02/2009 7:51:19 PM PDT by Chet 99
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But the ladies are less in agreement over what makes for a hot guy

I think this is very true... Men are visual while the females are more about how the guy makes them feel... this explains why a bald, skinny guy like me can get girlfriends...

4 posted on 07/02/2009 7:51:31 PM PDT by John123 (Turn on your teleprompter Obama and read your lips... "No New Taxes!!")
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To: JoeProBono
HOT:

NOT HOT:

any questions??

5 posted on 07/02/2009 7:51:33 PM PDT by BerniesFriend (no no..arrrrwwwhhh..as in surprise..)
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To: MaxMax

That pic is very, very unsettling... just can’t go to sleep after that (perhaps ever)!


6 posted on 07/02/2009 7:52:05 PM PDT by elpinta
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I do not know why these researchers turned to 1300 heterosexual men to determine what women are hot, they don't do that at beauty pageants.


7 posted on 07/02/2009 7:52:26 PM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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8 posted on 07/02/2009 7:52:29 PM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (Sarah Palin: Iron Lady of the North)
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9 posted on 07/02/2009 7:52:50 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Woman's idea of a hot guy:


10 posted on 07/02/2009 7:54:28 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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11 posted on 07/02/2009 7:55:06 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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12 posted on 07/02/2009 7:57:22 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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...HOT...HOT....HOT
13 posted on 07/02/2009 7:58:34 PM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (Sarah Palin: Iron Lady of the North)
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hey..that pic is phony..she is not wearing her wedding ring..and that office plant is available in Alaska..duhhhh..


14 posted on 07/02/2009 7:59:17 PM PDT by BerniesFriend (no no..arrrrwwwhhh..as in surprise..)
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or NOT available..blew the joke..damn..


15 posted on 07/02/2009 8:00:04 PM PDT by BerniesFriend (no no..arrrrwwwhhh..as in surprise..)
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16 posted on 07/02/2009 8:03:21 PM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (Sarah Palin: Iron Lady of the North)
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17 posted on 07/02/2009 8:03:34 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Oh my eyes!


18 posted on 07/02/2009 8:04:32 PM PDT by yield 2 the right
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Thin and seductive......yeah,like Amy Winehouse!


19 posted on 07/02/2009 8:04:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin ("......a herd of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.")
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I disagree. If the one on the left is a leftist/liberal and the ones on the right are conservative, the ones on the right are far hotter than the one on the left.


20 posted on 07/02/2009 8:06:39 PM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (The most dangerous fascists are those with a warm smile and soothing voice.)
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