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Study Finds That Men Like Nice Women, But Not the Other Way Around
Newsweak ^ | 25JUL2014 | Paula Mejia

Posted on 07/29/2014 10:08:24 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine

Scientifically, nice (heterosexual) guys might actually finish last. A study published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin recently found that while men were attracted to nice-seeming women upon meeting them, women did not feel the same way about men. Researchers from the University of Rochester, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya in Israel investigated a possible mechanism explaining why women and men differ in their sexual reactions with receptive opposite-sex strangers.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: men; nice; women
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To: southern rock

The Russians are the worst! Pretty girls, some the daughters of billionaire thugs - who still try to bilk their boyfriends out of money.


41 posted on 07/30/2014 3:03:49 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: trebb
Translation: Women really want real men instead of “metro-sexual” wusses. They want a man who, when he wants to “get in touch with his feminine side”, reaches out for them instead of inside himself.

No, that is not the takeaway from the article at all. The take away is that women were not attracted to men who were RESPONSIVE to them. The take away for men is that they don't need to be tough, just unavailable.

Treat hot chicks like they are repulsive, and the panties fall down!!

42 posted on 07/30/2014 3:09:33 AM PDT by southern rock
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To: KC_Conspirator

No, it has to do with society. In most other societies intelligent and attractive women go after intelligent and successful gentlemen. They expect to be treated as ladies -because they are. The ‘bad boy’ types are universally scorned as scoundrels -because they are.

Only liberalism could obscure and degrade the roles in creating a family.


43 posted on 07/30/2014 3:12:10 AM PDT by Justa
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To: informavoracious
Pretty and bitchy wins over plain and nice. They will live to regret it, but looks trump all else for too many men.

Both sexes have an obligation to lose weight, workout, and look good. Otherwise, don't complain.

44 posted on 07/30/2014 3:13:07 AM PDT by southern rock
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To: miss marmelstein

As men are ‘hard-wired’ to respond/be attracted to physical beauty (symmetry of features across cultures),
women are ‘hard-wired’ to respond to STRENGTH.

The *bad boy* triggers wimmenz lizard brain/libido, to the extent that they allow themselves to be driven by their baser desires (forebrain is shunted aside - not considering that bad boy would not, in fact, be a steady provider) -

the same way in reverse,
as David was Bathsheba’d
and
Samson was Delilah’d...


45 posted on 07/30/2014 3:22:50 AM PDT by spankalib ("I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.")
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To: spankalib

Apparently, young, attractive women send a message to men that they are healthy and fertile. That’s what I’ve read anyway.


46 posted on 07/30/2014 3:41:49 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

This isn’t news. Nice guys have always known this.


47 posted on 07/30/2014 3:51:03 AM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: MarkL

“A study? I could have told them that for free! But I’m certain it was taxpayer funded!”

Exactly!

Now, we need a study to discover what motivated the professors to waste more tax payer money. (Well, we KNOW, but they should know that we know. What a crock.)


48 posted on 07/30/2014 4:26:43 AM PDT by kitkat (STORM HEAVEN WITH PRAYERS FOR OUR COUNTRY)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Definitely experienced this (long ago) when I was dating. Lost track of the number of times that women told me I was “too nice”. At the time, it was very frustrating; however, in hindsight, it turned out to be a great filter. Any women who thought I was too nice failed the “Sanity test”, which helped simplify the job of eventually meeting my wife.

IMHO, women who reject guys who are “too nice” deserve exactly what they get.


49 posted on 07/30/2014 4:27:18 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: jameslalor

Understand what you are saying. There is a saying that a “bad-a$$” makes a girl’s heart beat faster. Fine. The only problem is when the bad-a$$ is the guy who can barely provide for her (maybe not even that) and is most likely to abuse or leave her. Meanwhile, the “nice” guy is not necessarily a victim. In many cases, he is the guy with a bank account, a good job and a future. As we know, it’s often the “nerd” who has the last laugh.


50 posted on 07/30/2014 4:34:50 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: miss marmelstein

Yes, as Strength signals similarly to wimmenz.


51 posted on 07/30/2014 4:36:03 AM PDT by spankalib ("I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.")
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To: rbg81

Generally when women say a guy is “too nice” they are just saying that they don’t want to date. That’s one of the “outs” considered polite by women. Ridiculous, maybe, but better than men who when they don’t want to be bothered with a woman, brush her off, sometimes, in the most awful ways...some men are very cruel to women they are not attracted to.


52 posted on 07/30/2014 4:46:56 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: Justa
No, it has to do with society. In most other societies intelligent and attractive women go after intelligent and successful gentlemen. They expect to be treated as ladies -because they are. The ‘bad boy’ types are universally scorned as scoundrels -because they are.

This. Having travelled a bit, this is still true in many countries which have preserved their traditional male/female roles. It is only in counries stricken with "modernism" where a polite, well spoken, respectful man who is financially successful and educated is shunned by the dating pool.

53 posted on 07/30/2014 4:57:09 AM PDT by LambSlave
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To: MacMattico; scan59

Good for you!

I went for those good-looking “bad boys” for way too many years. A few of them ended up dead or in jail at an early age.

After 30, I wised up...or maybe I settled down. ;-) I’m glad that the last “good guy” that did court me was persistent. We’ve been together nearly 20 years and we’ll be together forever. (...and he showed me Free Republic!)


54 posted on 07/30/2014 5:07:56 AM PDT by babyfreep
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To: miss marmelstein

Yeah, I got the part that they didn’t want to date me. Except I actually think that they were being honest about the “too nice” part. Trust me, women can be cruel too. There were other women I dated who didn’t let me down nearly as easy.


55 posted on 07/30/2014 5:07:58 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Recent “research” suggests that women are attracted to douche-bags because douche-bags demonstrate “leadership” qualities (e.g., independence, disregard for authority).

The problem is, douche-bags remain douche-bags and women wind up hating all men.


56 posted on 07/30/2014 5:22:39 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician. Some assembly required.)
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To: LT Brass Bancroft
Why can’t the nice girls watch their weight and wear makeup?

Cuz guys are to luv them as they are, even if they don't like their own appearance? That's a mine field for guys.

57 posted on 07/30/2014 5:56:12 AM PDT by polymuser ( Enough is enough.)
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To: informavoracious
This was posted on here a few days back...

Hot Crazy Matrix - A Man's Guide to Women

Enjoy.

58 posted on 07/30/2014 6:35:01 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: rbg81
I like how you've turned the "nice guy" pseudo-insult around and used it to your evolutionary advantage.

The older I get and the more that I have (to lose in divorce), the more I seek sanity, so testing for it early is crucial.

You don't get many workarounds in life with a sanity test failure, just pain and expenses.

Personally, living single isn't the best way to go through life, but I think it's better to be alone and looking for a right one than being with the wrong one. Less damage all around that way.

Marrying well is its own reward.

59 posted on 07/30/2014 6:52:45 AM PDT by GBA (Here in the Matrix, life is but a dream.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I am sure the statistics are accurate what I am saying is that not all divorces that women file turn out the way they thought they would because not all men are fools. Think about what I said.


60 posted on 07/30/2014 7:15:28 AM PDT by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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