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UK Women 'Least Likely To Care What Men Think'
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 8-1-2007 | Lesley Thomas

Posted on 08/01/2007 12:43:07 PM PDT by blam

UK women 'least likely to care what men think'

By Lesley Thomas
Last Updated: 9:27am BST 01/08/2007

Russian women are more worried about a man's seal of approval

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.


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KEYWORDS: appearance; men; uk; womanhater; women
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To: blam
Speaking of Russian women...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1871713/posts?page=24#24

21 posted on 08/01/2007 12:55:44 PM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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To: IronKros

Not to beat down American women, but it wasn’t until I visited Europe/ Australia that I realized most American women, at least late teens/20s are basically tomboys. They dress like guys (jeans, T shirt) and walk like guys. A sense of fashion and graceful movement is seriously lacking.


22 posted on 08/01/2007 12:56:13 PM PDT by HarmlessLovableFuzzball
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To: stm

Perhaps.

I was assuming it was a gal.

Maybe not.


23 posted on 08/01/2007 12:56:25 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Lusis; El Conservador

Agree on Colombian women. Have the right balance of sweetness and sexiness.


24 posted on 08/01/2007 12:57:53 PM PDT by Clemenza (Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
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To: snarks_when_bored

they must be babe bushkas


25 posted on 08/01/2007 12:58:37 PM PDT by ari-freedom (Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.)
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To: HarmlessLovableFuzzball
I would rather them dress like tom boys then the shorts worn so low you see their underwear and the cut so high they had to shave before the left the house.

But you wouldn't hear me say that when I was in my late teens/ 20s. :)
26 posted on 08/01/2007 12:59:47 PM PDT by IronKros ( The pig put foot. Grunt. Foot in what? ketchup)
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To: IronKros

but they don’t shave...


27 posted on 08/01/2007 1:01:21 PM PDT by ari-freedom (Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.)
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To: snarks_when_bored

They’re great until 3 years after marriage...then they tend to mysteriuosly not be getting along with you, file for divorce, obtain their green card and disappear...


28 posted on 08/01/2007 1:02:12 PM PDT by in hoc signo vinces ("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis.")
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To: blam
Road apples. Do these same women who "like to feel confident and beautiful for their own pleasure and take pride in their outward appearance" put in the same effort in their appearance if they are not leaving the house that day? I seriously doubt it. They may be lying about the importance of what men think or perhaps it is more about what other women think (no, not that way). It could well be, as stated, a matter of enjoying the confidence provided by having a sharp appearance. But that doesn't change the fact that such confidence is a matter of the preception of others - and ~1/2 of those others are men. Without more information the point this article represents is baseless.
29 posted on 08/01/2007 1:05:38 PM PDT by 70times7 (Sense... some don't make any, some don't have any - or so the former would appear to the latter.)
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To: NRA1995

LOL!


30 posted on 08/01/2007 1:08:15 PM PDT by SIDENET (Hubba Hubba...)
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To: blam

Rosamund Pike is not amused.

31 posted on 08/01/2007 1:17:18 PM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: blam
Yep.
I would never date any American nor Western woman again. Never.
I married an Eastern European.

If anything ever happened and I had to marry again, it would be an Asian woman.

I am not alone in this line of thinking:
AmericanWomenSuck.Com
NoMarriage.Com

That's called backlash!
In the UK, the laws are so stacked against men and in favor of women, that it's disgusting!
There is a case now where a man divorced a cheating wife 30 years ago, who later ran off with yet another guy to Australia...
Years later, she's destitute, drunk and stupid and she sues him in court for more money and wins! 30 years after their divorce. The judge gave her more than a half of a million of this poor guy's dollars because he struck it rich and the old leech found out about it!

No wonder English women don't care... they only need to get one sucker to sign a marriage contract... just once! Then they own him!
They can also get alimony for life! Even if they move in with a boyfriend!

It's "Girls' Rules" in America too.
Just watch how equal women want to be in divorce court.

32 posted on 08/01/2007 1:17:38 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: stm

I thought it was Ozzy Osbourne


33 posted on 08/01/2007 1:20:26 PM PDT by ObadiahLynch
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To: in hoc signo vinces

So, you get another then. That’s the mail order bride business, after all.


34 posted on 08/01/2007 1:21:32 PM PDT by ObadiahLynch
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To: Brilliant
“They have the lowest levels of concern in the world for what husbands, boyfriends and other male observers might think...”

If the statement were true, why would British women then be the most likely to get cosmetic surgery - methinks the dollies are having someone on - preferring the men to think they're not concerned. Add that to traditional British arrogance, and as culturally-ingrained sense that as an Island nation, the alternatives are not acceptable because they're all WOGs, and presto!

35 posted on 08/01/2007 1:22:49 PM PDT by CatoRenasci (Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
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To: ari-freedom

36 posted on 08/01/2007 1:23:42 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: Red Badger
That is the woman you're looking for! Women are possessive, when they get the one they want, they protect their territory.

I find that an admirable trait, women like that have a tendency to keep Papa happy. Women have a home, men only live there, Italian Proverb.

37 posted on 08/01/2007 1:23:54 PM PDT by Little Bill (Welcome to the Newly Socialist State of New Hampshire)
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To: blam
Do I recall that England used to be a pretty impressive international power? They used to say the sun never set on the English Empire, and they had a navy that spanned the globe? And as early as fifty years ago, they helped us save the world from the Nazi's? Seems like now they are too busy trying to avoid offending the Muslims and being outbred by foreigners. I guess something just happens to you when your women don't care.
38 posted on 08/01/2007 1:25:23 PM PDT by 50sDad (Angels on asteroids are abducting crop circles!)
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To: Kenton

Punchlines you may have missed: “15% of the men enjoy the sensation and 85% just like the quiet.”


39 posted on 08/01/2007 1:27:14 PM PDT by 50sDad (Angels on asteroids are abducting crop circles!)
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To: All

You guys don’t like American women? Fine!

More for me! XD


40 posted on 08/01/2007 1:27:53 PM PDT by Constantine XIII
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