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 ...
Not:
HOW TO SPOT A RICH WOMAN
HOW TO SPOT A RICH WOMANS BOY TOY
Earlier tonight there was a total hottie helping me at the hardware store... obviously I was vibing strong because he pulled up a “girlfriend” reference (Doh!).
Aside from obvious visual hotness, though, is what the guy is about. I saw a Jeff Beck video last night that reminded me there can be amazing talent & beauty hiding out under a tore-up looking cover (I didn’t know what he looked like before). I’m definitely on the lookout, but it’s a major challenge in here in Northern California.
Thin isn’t so important in men ... but “muscularity” is, I think. I can’t stand squishy men! LOL! Especially if the handshake is limp. Yuck. Makes you wonder what else is limp.... :)
Plus, she’s a great cook!!!
Man, in her prime Sophia Loren was a woman who could make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass window.
Especially the man on the left.
Sorry...that just is not presidential.
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