"Yes we do!"
Posted on 03/20/2008 1:04:58 PM PDT by decimon
New study reveals relationship standards are relative
AUSTIN, Texas—Although many researchers have believed women choose partners based on the kind of relationship they are seeking, a new study from The University of Texas at Austin reveals women’s preferences can be influenced by their own attractiveness.
David Buss, psychology researcher at the university, has published the findings in “Attractive Women Want it All: Good Genes, Economic Investment, Parenting Proclivities and Emotional Commitment” in this month’s Evolutionary Psychology.
Previous researchers argued that what women value depended on the type of relationship they were looking for. Women looking for long-term partners want someone who will be a good provider for them and their children, but women seeking short-term flings care more about masculinity and physical attractiveness, features that may be passed down to children.
Buss and Todd Shackelford, psychology professor at Florida Atlantic University, found women ideally want partners who have all the characteristics they desire, but they will calibrate their standards based on their own desirability.
“When reviewing the qualities they desire in romantic partners, women gauge what they can get based on what they got,” Buss said. “And women who are considered physically attractive maintain high standards for prospective partners across a variety of characteristics.”
The researchers identified four categories of characteristics women seek in a partner:
* good genes, reflected in desirable physical traits,
* resources,
* the desire to have children and good parenting skills, and
* loyalty and devotion.
Most women attempt to secure the best combination of the qualities they desire from the same man, but the researchers said a small portion of women who do not find a partner with all the qualities may trade some characteristics for others.
Although women’s selectivity across categories reflected how attractive they appeared to other people, the researchers found the characteristics men desired in a partner did not vary based on their own physical attractiveness.
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To read the journal article, visit www.epjournal.net/filestore/EP06134146.pdf .
Contact: Christian Clarke Casarez, director of public affairs, College of Liberal Arts, 512-471-4945, christianc@mail.utexas.edu
Somewhere, someone is fed up with her sh#t.
“Attractive Women Want it All” and more!
C’mon people - RULES!
“...but women seeking short-term flings care more about masculinity and physical attractiveness, features that may be passed down to children.”
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Short-term flings=children. Makes sense.
Huh. My wife musta done more trading than NYSE floor runner on speed.
And with a little brains can get it all.
"Yes we do!"
(the researchers found the characteristics men desired in a partner did not vary based on their own physical attractiveness.)
In other words, we men, are not realistic about our standards. It would be really interesting to find a list of what traits look for in a woman. I wonder how high “likelihood of divorce and a life of penury” ranks on the list, henceforth to be called the Heather Mills factor.
I SWEAR my wife didn’t work for Bear-Stearns.
A pretty woman makes her husband look small
And very often causes his downfall
As soon as he married her and then she starts
To do the things that will break his heart
But if you make an ugly woman your wife
A-you'll be happy for the rest of your life
An ug-a-ly woman cooks meals on time
And she'll always give you peace of mind
If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty woman your wife
So for my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you
And hopefully not for the State of New York.
Actually, it didn't vary for women either, they just were willing to "settle" for less if they thought they couldn't "buy" it all, as are men.
This study is so obvious it's ridiculous.
Anyway, the equivalent male unit of measurement is not attractivness, it's wealth.
Men change what they will settle for depending on their financial success. Where do they think the term "trophy wife" came from?
Yeah man, but she sure can cook!
If you want to be happy for the rest of your life...
“Do attractive women want it all?”
Who doesn’t?
She got it all.
Obviously not from anyone in this thread.
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