Posted on 02/08/2007 6:02:58 PM PST by blam
Women shun 'the man who has it all'
By Roger Highfield, Science Editor
Last Updated: 1:23am GMT 09/02/2007
Some men are just too good to be true, according to a study published today by psychologists.
Men who are good-looking, single, and earn a fortune are not as attractive as good-looking men who have an average kind of job, according to the research.
Simon Chu of the University of Central Lancashire and colleagues studied how women weigh up male physical attractiveness and socio-economic status when considering a long-term relationship.
They collected data from 186 female university students in the UK, with an average age of 23, asking them to look at personal ads of various men and rank them in terms of attractiveness as a long-term partner. Each advertisement showed a "mug shot" and provided basic information about his age, occupation and what he is seeking in a partner.
Images of the men ranged from those who were previously measured to be highly attractive, attractive and unattractive. Eighteen different occupations were also randomly assigned, from architect and company director to waiter, postman and gardener.
Surprisingly, researchers found that highly attractive men of medium status scored better than highly attractive men of high status.
The team, whose work is published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, speculates that women perceive highly attractive men of increasing status to be less faithful and "too good to be true".
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Sure it is. They want me.
Well, that answers that age-old question.
Well I know you been doing me dirty,
And I know you been messin around,
Cause if the FBI ever dusted your body,
They'd find the fingerprints of everyone in town.
So obvious, yet so true. This is the most astute thing that's been said so far or most likely will be said. I wish I had been the one to say it. May I quote you?
Newt is my middle name!
you just want the rest of the men on FR to be sick with JEALOUSY!! LOL!
Honey, you are going to the wrong church.
Owen, you're kidding, right?!
You made that up...didn't cha?
It's a free country. As long as there is no pining going on I can live with that arrangement.
Women want the Space Shuttle Commander! And they're willing to drive 950 miles non-stop wearing a diaper and carrying a steel mallet to get him!
I went to your profile page. You're even leaning to the right in you photo.
Well Ern, you qualify on the good natured and good humored part...:)
*waving*
Well, of course, no point in trying to fool anybody!
I iz what I iz.
...and I'm leaning to the right as I type this :)
Yeah it is.
They want whatever they want whenever they want it.
On the downside, I'm out all night long 4 out of every 6 nights on the hunt.
On the upside, it's because I'm a police officer and I'm hunting dirtbags.
And yes, I'm good natured, even when I have the flu like right now.
My loving wife has about 1 day of babying me (and our son who is sick also) in her then we better get better or it's every flu ridden person for him/herself.
**back at cha**
that's an adorable and clever way to get my attention
You caught me. Yeah, I made it up. I guess we got off to a bad start.
Hope you feel better--we don't want to be without any of "our finest."
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