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Women more attracted to men in expensive cars
Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | March 25, 2009

Posted on 03/25/2009 12:23:41 PM PDT by Schnucki

Men who drive expensive cars really are more attractive to women, according to a study by university researchers.

Psychologists proved what car-dealers have boasted for generations the car one drives is key when it comes to turning a woman's head.

The university team showed women pictures of the same man sitting in two cars - a £70,000 silver Bentley Continental and a battered Ford Fiesta.

The women, who were aged between 21 to 40, picked the man sitting in the Bentley ahead of the same man in the Ford.

Dr Michael Dunn, of the University of Wales Institute in Cardiff, said it shows women rate a man higher if he is behind the wheels of a "fancy motor rather than in an old banger".

His research, in the latest edition of the British Journal of Psychology, also shows that men are more interested in a women's looks not her motor.

The researchers say the men tested in the same way are not impressed by whatever car a woman drives because they judge purely on her face and figure.

Dr Dunn said his findings confirmed that women judge a man by his wealth and status whereas men are primarily concerned with what a woman looks like.

He said he was spurred by his own interest in evolutionary psychology along with the increasing number of women buying so-called "high end" motors.

He said: "There's a wide variety of evidence that does suggest that females are more influenced by wealth and status.

"It's not a recent phenomenon. It is very ingrained and the evidence is not just anecdotal.

"Females focus on questions of wealth and status because if the male possesses those, that male would be in a better condition to rear healthy offspring."

Dr Dunn believes this basic human trait will not

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: captainobvious; cars; doublestandard; getrichquick; golddiggers; men; nss; savethemales; women
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1 posted on 03/25/2009 12:23:41 PM PDT by Schnucki
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"There's a wide variety of evidence that does suggest that females are more influenced by wealth and status."

No kidding. Whodathunkit.

2 posted on 03/25/2009 12:24:45 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Schnucki

It’s not the cars. It’s the cash. Women have always been attracted by $$. It’s the only way Bill Gates ever got a date.


3 posted on 03/25/2009 12:24:50 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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Any 20 year old hetero could confirm this.

At 20, you ARE your car.


4 posted on 03/25/2009 12:25:14 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: Schnucki

How much money was wasted on this “research”? They act as if they were surprised by the results.


5 posted on 03/25/2009 12:25:52 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: Schnucki

...and the sky is blue... Tell me something we HAVEN’T known for a century!


6 posted on 03/25/2009 12:26:00 PM PDT by joethedrummer
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To: pissant

Dennis Kucinich must be loaded.


7 posted on 03/25/2009 12:26:17 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: Schnucki

We see the same thing in other animals.

Male rabbits just want to be around the female(s). Females just want the real estate.


8 posted on 03/25/2009 12:26:28 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Schnucki

So I should get rid of my Prius and go back to my Mercedes?
(Just kidding)


9 posted on 03/25/2009 12:26:43 PM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (liberalism is truly evil. and liberals have no sense of humor either.)
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To: Schnucki

i’ll put this in the “DUH!” file.


10 posted on 03/25/2009 12:27:02 PM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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The women, who were aged between 21 to 40...

After 40, it's the shoes.

11 posted on 03/25/2009 12:27:09 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: Schnucki
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12 posted on 03/25/2009 12:27:23 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
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To: Schnucki

13 posted on 03/25/2009 12:28:17 PM PDT by dighton
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To: Schnucki

Some government funds were needed to figure this out?


14 posted on 03/25/2009 12:28:19 PM PDT by PogySailor (We're so screwed.....welcome to the American Oligarchy)
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged

I recall an AD designed by the Mental Patients in the movie Crazy People where Dudley Moore turned them into an Ad Agency. It was one about the men who drive Jaguars.


15 posted on 03/25/2009 12:28:44 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Schnucki

A guy sees a very beautiful womanin a bar. He approaches her and asks her if she’d be willing to sleep with him for $10 million.

She said “Yes!”

He then asked her if she’d do it for $20.

Her response was “What kind of lady do you think I am?”

He replied “We’ve already established that, now we are just haggling over the price.”


16 posted on 03/25/2009 12:29:22 PM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (Want to make a conservative angry? Lie to him. Want to make a liberal angry? Tell him the truth)
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To: wagglebee

Where is the feminist outrage about this study? Wouldn’t the N.O.W. crowd be outraged about a study showing females being so shallow and so stereotypical in their attraction to men?

Wouldn’t some of the N.O.W. crowd even be shocked that women are attracted to men at all, when you consider that a woman needs a man as much as fish needs a bicycle??????

Anyway, the study casts women, or womyn, in a bad light. Professional feminists can’t be happy about this.


17 posted on 03/25/2009 12:29:34 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Schnucki

OK, guys, let’s ask the same question.

Q: Two women have cars, one a Bentley, and the other a Ford. Which one are you more attacted to?

A: The one with the biggest t—s


18 posted on 03/25/2009 12:30:01 PM PDT by freedomlover (Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
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To: Schnucki

In other news, women prefer Antonio Banderes to Jack Black and spend a lot of money on shoes.


19 posted on 03/25/2009 12:30:09 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: Schnucki

I’ve had little luck with my mini van. Not sure why.


20 posted on 03/25/2009 12:30:23 PM PDT by jaydubya2
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