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.
I don’t know. I’ve seen many of pairs of female filled jeans that was hard to tear my eyes away from when viewed from behind. Something hypnotic about the way some of them move. My favorite kind of womens movement.
That's a MAN, man!
Where’d you find that? Did you make it? I need one.
Nice sword in the background, btw! What is it?
I think most people realize that the Xena character is not intended as a role model for modern warfare. It’s a fantasy character, like Batman or - perhaps more to the point - the Robin Hood of legend.
Gee, another woman-hating thread on FR. See many women Freepers posting man-hating threads?
I don’t think it’s woman-hating, it’s men saying which kind of women they like and which they don’t. And, of course, we’re throwing around all sorts of questionable generalizations. This is just barroom BS, without the bar.
There are “other women”?............
Hmmm. a little Creative Anachronism here....? In the Mists, long, long ago (VII, VIII or so) I did some of that in an earlier life. My daughters enjoyed the RenFair at Black Point, but preferred modern fencing (one was a state champ in high school) to mucking great broadswords (and the Club).
Remeinds me of those older out of shape women who think “they look good for their age.” No they do not, women who go to the gym, take good care of their bodies, show respect for their appearance look good for their age. (and this is regardless of how many children produced)
fat and out of shape NEVER looks good for anyone’s age.
Read a little history about Iron age warfare, washed in blood is a good description.
Assuming I’m not well-read would be a mistake.
Assuming that my part-time job reflects my understanding of history would be another.
‘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.’
You really are bizzare. If I lived in a country like America which has more african-american converts to Islam than the UK has total muslims, a population growth entirely fuelled by illegal immigrants due to open borders and has let in more muslims since 1995 than the UK has since 1950, I’d keep my mouth shut about other countries and worry about fixing my own, greater problems.
Seems like nowadays you are too worried about voting in the Democrats and surrendering in Iraq than whether 5% more of your women care than ours do.
Didn’t mean to sound rude in that last post, btw . . . the anti-Potterites are making me cranky. ;)
Scandinavians are not much better as cooks, they have the Irish attachment to the potato and eat far to much mediocre sausage (reindeer is above average, however).
Still, despite a distinct preference for Northern Italian alta cucina, French haute cuisine, and Provencal food, I have never been attracted to the Mediterranean women or other dark looks in the same way I have always been to tall blonds, strawberry blonds and redheads.
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