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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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To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan

Oh,man was Sophie ever HOT.

Excuse me while I wait for a little while before I stand up.


21 posted on 07/02/2009 8:06:49 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (When you put Democrats in charge, stupid things happen)
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To: JoeProBono

22 posted on 07/02/2009 8:08:37 PM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (Sarah Palin: Iron Lady of the North)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

Pitbull in a swimsuit: Exclusive pictures show Sarah Palin's days as a beauty queen


23 posted on 07/02/2009 8:08:40 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: John123

It’s not a how a guy looks, but how he looks at you.....


24 posted on 07/02/2009 8:09:36 PM PDT by proudtobeanamerican1 (Prayers Up! It's our last defense!)
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To: JoeProBono
But it also means more competition for the hottest chicks, scientists say.

Well sure, but if some young fellow lets his eye fall fondly on a lass who is a little odd or homely ( as he thinks, ) and so calculates that his attentions will be long missed and therefore welcome, he's more than likely to find that he is but one new member of a club ... and science be damned.

25 posted on 07/02/2009 8:09:48 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: BenLurkin

Amy Winehouse

26 posted on 07/02/2009 8:10:41 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

1. Why would you post a picture that has been proven to photoshopped during the campaign? Especially when the Governor is much more fit than the “borrowed body”

2. And why, oh why would you post one with a friggin air rifle when she can and does handle the real thing.

Sheesh


27 posted on 07/02/2009 8:10:43 PM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: JoeProBono

What’s hot about that pic?

They are all blowing?


28 posted on 07/02/2009 8:10:54 PM PDT by proudtobeanamerican1 (Prayers Up! It's our last defense!)
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To: reagan_fanatic
Oh,man was Sophie ever HOT. Excuse me while I wait for a little while before I stand up.

Yes....she has the same effect on me.

29 posted on 07/02/2009 8:12:22 PM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (Sarah Palin: Iron Lady of the North)
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To: Covenantor
BETTER?


30 posted on 07/02/2009 8:13:36 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: nathanbedford

A most excellent point!


31 posted on 07/02/2009 8:15:27 PM PDT by berdie (Philosophies of the school room in one generation will reflect the government philosophy of the next)
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To: JoeProBono

http://www.sjacob.dk/how_to_spot_a_rich_guy.jpg


32 posted on 07/02/2009 8:16:50 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: JoeProBono

ROFLMOL


34 posted on 07/02/2009 8:23:24 PM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Baynative

35 posted on 07/02/2009 8:24:19 PM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (Sarah Palin: Iron Lady of the North)
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To: BerniesFriend; JoeProBono
HOT:

NOT HOT:


36 posted on 07/02/2009 8:26:11 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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To: proudtobeanamerican1
What’s hot about that pic? They are all blowing?

Let me try to convey this in one simple phrase:

"This one time, at band camp..."


A verbis ad verbera

37 posted on 07/02/2009 8:29:02 PM PDT by Costumed Vigilante (Congress: When a handful of evil morons just isn't enough)
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To: Straight Vermonter

That looks mighty sexy.....:o)


38 posted on 07/02/2009 8:30:34 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: John123

Yea, John...but you’re still visual; so you still want a hot chick.

;-)


39 posted on 07/02/2009 8:31:02 PM PDT by bannie
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To: Straight Vermonter

HAHAHA! Maybe that’s the bait for some women; but I’ll bet that your wife and I both agree that it’s not true for all.

;-)


40 posted on 07/02/2009 8:34:54 PM PDT by bannie
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