UK Women 'Least Likely To Care What Men Think'

Frank Sinatra advised in the song Wives and Lovers: "Don't send him off, with your hair still in curlers. You may not see him again."

However, it seems that British women couldn't care less after a survey showed they are the least likely to put effort into their appearance for the sake of men.

They have the lowest levels of concern in the world for what husbands, boyfriends and other male observers might think, with only 51 per cent caring whether men liked their appearance, the study said.

Japanese women were second bottom with 53 per cent followed by Americans at 56 per cent.

Indian, Spanish and Korean women were far more worried about having a man's seal of approval, but it was Russia which topped the poll of 10,000 women, with 77 per cent saying that they cared what their men thought.

Janet Saunders, of Clinique, the cosmetics company which commissioned the study, said: "British women like to feel confident and beautiful for their own pleasure and take pride in their outward appearance." Susan Quilliam, a relationship psychologist said: "It's a delicate balance. It's a positive thing in an equal relationship to reference the other person's tastes and preferences sometimes."

The survey also showed, that Britons are among the keenest on cosmetic surgery. Thirty five per cent of British women said they have gone, or are willing to go, under the knife for beauty.

Only Korean women were more likely to consider surgical enhancement, while just three per cent of Indian women condone it.

The survey also asked which of the 12 countries polled had the most beautiful women. Although most found their country's own women the best looking, Britons rated Italian and Indian women more beautiful than themselves.

Excellent post. I’ve been watching you try to reform a couple of woman haters on this thread. I used to try to change the thinking of misogynists but had to realize that some men just hate women. They are almost always the ones who look for women from other countries because they know they can verbally or physically abuse them without recourse. They try to pretend it’s the fault of American women that they are looking for outside the US but they are just trying to justify why no good American woman would have them (and there certainly are plenty of wonderful American women). I think they have issues that cannot be fixed without intensive psychotherapy. Probably goes back to their childhood and hating their mom. But great try!!

I don't expect to reform. But you may find that bashers, particularly the sort of fellow with rather poor nerve to start with, will take their bashing to their Man Caves for a good cry in their beers if they expect to be challenged.

I think you're spot on with the mommy thing. Here's why...

This fellow who has the porny Thong site is rather interesting. I've read what he's posted, and he's self-publishing some books. A few of his remarks are worth the read, but his endless obscene, crude, whiny ranting over women (and he chiefly likes Third World women for their complaisance and the power differential it gives him) can give one quite the headache...he is definitely on the rag, big time!

So, having a little experience with publishing, I decided to do some research and see if he got any reviews. No mention of the books on Amazon. Anyone can get their books sold through Amazon, all you need is a publishing number.

So I went back to his sites to get his name.

No name!! An author who does not own his books! (Like I said, I've been in publishing. Authors sign their books.) A woman-hater, and an anonymous one. Scaredy cat.

I read through his stuff again. He's in his mid-thirties, claims never to have been married or divorced. But he's certain that women are awful, cruel, greedy, abusive and marriage a tragic error for men.

Mommy--poor thing probably had a pathological skitz for a mother.

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