How Females Choose Their Mates

Scientific American ^ | March 2002 | by Lee Alan Dugatkin and Jean-Guy J. Godin

[Hammerhead]

I like girls.

[Pistias]

Officers, gentlemen, but killers

Yup, the ladies want the wildest, strongest lion in the pride, and then make him her wildest, strongest lion (and her kitten) at will (nod to Rousseau)...I always said women were self-contradictory. The real comedy of the whole situation is that it works out best that way.

[Dan from Michigan]

you boys would never leave the golf course.

Or in my case, the firing range.

[Pistias]

Debate, love, and combat--three of my favorite things. And to note, whenever I call my lady "self-contradictary," she responds that I'm just not smart enough to understand the fine distinctions...;)

[Pistias]

Unless we are speaking to you or naked

LOL--except for the times I'm supposed to read her mind...

...and charming the clothes off a girl is half the fun!

[LeezaLeeza]

yes-women need someone with a sense of homour, intelligence and some get-up-and-go!! noone wants a slouch.

[Pistias]

Bah! No woman wants a man who is a total slave--it's degrading. Plus, I'd be bankrupt within a month given my preponderance for pickles.

[RnMomof7]

OK...i dont understand that at all...

Ya can always find new playmates and stay married .

[iraqdismount]

The largest underlying factor in the explanation between women and animals is the ability for individuality among humans. No other animals show such complete individuality from one another as the human does. Therefore it only makes sense that there is no “rule” to how a woman picks a mate, just simply a guideline riddled with an endless number of exceptions.