Posted on 11/23/2017 9:28:05 AM PST by blam
WILLIMANTIC, Conn. — Maybe nice guys really do finish last, after all. Women don’t view unattractive men as “dating material,” no matter how exceptional their other qualities are, a new study finds.
Researchers at Eastern Connecticut State University looked at the mate preferences of 80 young women, aged 15 to 29, while also having 61 of their mothers weigh in.
The participants were presented with photographs of men varying in both attractiveness and described as one of three dispositions:“friendly,” “pleasing,” or “respectful.”
Additional trait profiles were explained for each of the three dispositions. Men labeled “respectful” included the traits ‘respectful, trustworthy, and honest;’ the ‘friendly’ men were labeled ‘friendly, dependable, and mature;’ and the ‘pleasing” profile meant that the man was ‘of a pleasing disposition, ambitious, and intelligent.’
The women were then asked to assess how attractive they found each man photographed, along with whether they found the man suitable to date, either themselves or for their daughters.
Simply put, men viewed as unattractive were not viewed as potential suitors, no matter the level of other redeeming qualities that accompanied their photos. Those with favorable personality traits that were ranked highly were at least moderately attractive.
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I’m sure a majority of the study participants weren’t attractive either. So it all evens out.
I was having a bar stool chat with an Italian stallion once and he rattled off a list of countries where women he had met on vacation in Malta had invited him to visit them. His best line about women was: “it does not pay to be nice.” I had to LOL at that.
Women will literally step on a pleasant librarian guy type to get to an edgy bad boy type.
“My father could be disturbingly blunt about such matters. ;<)”
Mr. Wilson in Dennis the Menace had a great line in the 1993 movie responding to his wife
Mrs. Wilson: Well, think how disappointed he’s going to be when he gets home!
George Wilson: Well, he better get used to it. Disappointment’s gonna be a big part of his life. He’s a foot short for his age and he’s cross-eyed.
[Mrs. Wilson glares at him]
“I wonder how $$ factored into the equation??”
The more $$ you have, the better looking you are, even if you are hideous.
If you have a big bank account you can add at least 6 inches to your height.
Her Attractiveness
His Money
There is a word for that type of relationship, and women reflexively gravitate towards it, even if they limit it to one client.
Women care about looks and cold hard cash.
I think it is more male fitness than “looks” when women are looking for a partner. It all boils down two instinctive tings with nearly all women: they want to know if a man will burn up the sheets in bed and will he provide for them/kids. A good level of male fitness is required for a good romp and money is required to support.
Some very attractive people are just not photogenic.
You explicated what I wrote.
My gold digging neighbors wife would say, “I married a guy with a big bulge in the back.” After she cleaned him out, she married a poor, younger guy with what she said was a “Big bulge in front.”
I was lucky when it came to genetics in my family. I am the tallest, best looking and smartest.
The leech has two daughters: Give! and Give!
The adulteress eats, wipes her mouth and says “I’ve done nothing wrong”
For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man’s wife preys on your very life.
The above, all from Proverbs.
“Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt. There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. So you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when in Egypt your bosom was caressed and your young breasts fondled.”—Ezekiel 23 (This is about adulterous Israel here, but the application works with individuals I believe.)
Ain’t nothing new under the sun, folks. At least scripture is honest about women and their lust for...MORE. (This is always assumed of men, incorrectly.)
I had a friend - short, kind of a scrunched face, not ugly, but definitely not physically handsome. But he was really smart, had a sharp sense of humor, and could talk his way out-of, and into, any situation.
He got more action with women than nearly any man I knew.
Therefore, I don’t believe this study.
No, you’ll still be short and dumpy and your bank account will simply be looted by some skank.
I luv the look on her face.
Men and women are very different. A girl's physical appearance is very important to guys. Appearance doesn't count as much for women. There are exceptions, yes. I've dated some guys who weren't very attractive - but I never realized it until later when we were no longer dating. ;-)
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