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Study: Flamboyant male dancing attracts women best
AP ^ | 9-8-10 | Maria Cheng

Posted on 09/09/2010 10:03:33 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB

LONDON — John Travolta was onto something. Women are most attracted to male dancers who have big, flamboyant moves similar to the actor's trademark style, British scientists say in a new study. Kris McCarty and colleagues at Northumbria University and the University of Gottingen in Germany asked 19 men aged 18 to 35 who were not professional dancers to dance in a laboratory for one minute to a basic drum rhythm. They filmed the men's movements with a dozen cameras, and then turned those movements into computer-generated avatars so the study could focus on moves, not appearances. Scientists then showed the dancing avatars to 37 women, who rated their skills on a scale of 1 to 7. According to the women, the best dancers were those who had a wide range of dance moves and focused on the head, neck and torso. The research was published this week in the journal, Biology Letters, a publication of Britain's Royal Society. It was paid for by Northumbria University.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: dancing; flamboyant; male; study
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To: WOBBLY BOB
Dancing Fat Guy Pictures, Images and Photos
21 posted on 09/09/2010 10:21:46 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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22 posted on 09/09/2010 10:23:32 AM PDT by Eepsy (www.pioacademy.org)
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To: Vicki
"Women have always been attracted to good dancers. Most women love to dance so a man who likes to dance and does it well is a plus."

Man, if I had only known then what I know now :)

23 posted on 09/09/2010 10:24:29 AM PDT by evad (SHUT IT DOWN!!!)
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To: Eepsy
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24 posted on 09/09/2010 10:24:51 AM PDT by stylecouncilor (What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
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To: Larry Lucido; Cagey; MotleyGirl70; Gamecock
... but it does not work that way for women.

"Sweet fancy Moses!"


25 posted on 09/09/2010 10:27:14 AM PDT by earlJam
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To: WOBBLY BOB

>> They filmed the men’s movements with a dozen cameras, and then turned those movements into computer-generated avatars so the study could focus on moves, not appearances. Scientists then showed the dancing avatars to 37 women, who rated their skills on a scale of 1 to 7. According to the women, the best dancers were those who had a wide range of dance moves [...]

Well, there’s your problem ... they don’t have a “control” for the experiment. They simply assumed that women would like “dancing” more than “not dancing”.

I’d bet if you had a video of Clint Eastwood (the younger version) leaning against a wall mocking all the fruity dancing ... he’d have out-rated the entire bunch.

Women like men. But, when men are not included in the survey ... they like flamboyant “men” better than clumsy “men”.

SnakeDoc


26 posted on 09/09/2010 10:27:25 AM PDT by SnakeDoctor ("Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much." -- John Wayne)
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To: SnakeDoctor
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27 posted on 09/09/2010 10:30:27 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (drain the swamp! ( then napalm it and pave it over ))
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28 posted on 09/09/2010 10:30:47 AM PDT by Eepsy (www.pioacademy.org)
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To: evad
Man, if I had only known then what I know now :)

Tell your sons and nephews. Don't keep them in the dark. I wish I had a cool uncle to tell me what wimmin want. Now I'm the cool uncle (after 20 some odd years of study) and my nephews get an earful. And yes, they will be studs.

29 posted on 09/09/2010 10:39:05 AM PDT by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: Durus

Apologies. I should have been more explicit and descriptive. I don’t mean to be cryptic.

Women supporting men acting like women; Blacks supporting other Blacks (or Hispanics or Purple people, and so forth) wanting the selfsame power over others by imitating the ‘other’ group: not different concepts.

In practice, this is truly hypocritical to the point of outright lies demonstrated by actions. You don’t like this over here, but you do pretty much the same thing over there? There’s no difference except the individual person and location.


30 posted on 09/09/2010 10:40:04 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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Oh, one more thing. Often, ‘still waters’ run deep and true. Otherwise, a ship goes adrift and off course, through malfunction or incorrect navigation. (Metaphorcially as well as physically, of course).


31 posted on 09/09/2010 10:45:34 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

“Study: Flamboyant male dancing attracts women best”

Maybe, but I hold to the notion that flamboyant male dancing on Earth is one reason why we have been contacted yet by intelligent life from other planets.


32 posted on 09/09/2010 10:50:28 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: rlmorel

I remember that sketch! Thanks for the hilarious reminder.


33 posted on 09/09/2010 10:55:27 AM PDT by cvq3842
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To: Eepsy

Technoviking is thirsty!


34 posted on 09/09/2010 10:55:48 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: combat_boots
So women that support their men are attracted to men that support their women if they are black or Hispanic? I'm just messing with you.

Some Women are attracted to men that dance "flamboyantly" because they see the man as being confident and secure. Ironically with some women this will cause later tension in their married life as women adapt to the cultural norm and then decide that their spouse is iconoclastic or "negative". Or in other words if he's dancing that same way at 50 she's going to be embarrassed and tell him to stop acting like an idiot.

35 posted on 09/09/2010 10:56:07 AM PDT by Durus (The People have abdicated our duties and anxiously hopes for just two things, "Bread and Circuses")
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To: combat_boots

Dancing is acting like a woman, huh.
That is a relativly recent development.
Real men have short hair as well, right?


36 posted on 09/09/2010 10:58:56 AM PDT by Unassuaged (I have shocking data relevant to the conversation!)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

I want the polar opposite of any “flamboyant moving male”!!!!!!! Thank you very much.


37 posted on 09/09/2010 10:59:13 AM PDT by Pilated
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To: MAD-AS-HELL

So... I guess someone that can only do the “Oklahoma Stomp” is doomed. :-)


38 posted on 09/09/2010 11:00:52 AM PDT by ken in texas
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To: Durus

thanks for the just messing with you words. For as ‘hitting ‘em with both barrels’ kind of words and thinking, these days I am a little off my game sometimes.

I do know that the opposite sex views people who dance well as somehow intrinsically better potential reproductive mates. IIRC, there’s research done on that at the university level. Now wouldn’t that just be a fun project? Can’t you just imagine the ‘hard work’ of collecting data on that one? LOL.


39 posted on 09/09/2010 11:07:04 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

That would explain why my wife will never let me dance... Ever. At weddings she absolutely refuses to allow me near the dance floor.
I never knew she was the jealous type.


40 posted on 09/09/2010 11:08:20 AM PDT by IrishCatholic (No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
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