Hold on to your hats, this study confirms...

[jidar]

Thank god they cleared this one up.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science....ap/index.html

Men want hot women, study confirms

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Science is confirming what most women know: When given the choice for a mate, men go for good looks.
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In the dating game, men know what they want.

And guys won't be surprised to learn that women are much choosier about partners than they are.

"Just because people say they're looking for a particular set of characteristics in a mate, someone like themselves, doesn't mean that is what they'll end up choosing," Peter M. Todd, of the cognitive science program at Indiana University, Bloomington, said in a telephone interview.

Researchers led by Todd report in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that their study found humans were similar to most other mammals, "following Darwin's principle of choosy females and competitive males, even if humans say something different."

Their study involved 26 men and 20 women in Munich, Germany.

Participants ranged in age from 26 to their early 40s and took part in "speed dating," short meetings of three to seven minutes in which people chat, then move on to meet another dater. Afterward, participants check off the people they'd like to meet again, and dates can be arranged between pairs who select one another.

Speed dating let researchers look at a lot of mate choices in a short time, Todd said.

In the study, participants were asked before the session to fill out a questionnaire about what they were looking for in a mate, listing such categories as wealth and status, family commitment, physical appearance, healthiness and attractiveness.

After the session, the researchers compared what the participants said they were looking for with the people they actually chose to ask for another date.

Men's choices did not reflect their stated preferences, the researchers concluded. Instead, men appeared to base their decisions mostly on the women's physical attractiveness.

The men also appeared to be much less choosy. Men tended to select nearly every woman above a certain minimum attractiveness threshold, Todd said.

Women's actual choices, like men's, did not reflect their stated preferences, but they made more discriminating choices, the researchers found.

The scientists said women were aware of the importance of their own attractiveness to men, and adjusted their expectations to select the more desirable guys.

"Women made offers to men who had overall qualities that were on a par with the women's self-rated attractiveness. They didn't greatly overshoot their attractiveness," Todd said, "because part of the goal for women is to choose men who would stay with them"

But, he added, "they didn't go lower. They knew what they could get and aimed for that level."

So, it turns out, the women's attractiveness influenced the choices of the men and the women.

[Jilly]

sorry, but no. We only went to college for a year together and didn't know each other. We went to grad school together for a year and didn't know each other then, even though we were at numerous parties we found out later. I'm pretty sure she's not that kind of girl!!!

[Ebolapox]

Originally Posted by Jilly

sorry, but no. We only went to college for a year together and didn't know each other. We went to grad school together for a year and didn't know each other then, even though we were at numerous parties we found out later. I'm pretty sure she's not that kind of girl!!!

eh, it's all good in the hood (wherever the fugg that is)

you're right, though. she sounds like she needs to let the hair down and get down with the funky sh*t.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by GOATSE

I just got a "woo" from this chick the other day. I'm scared:

http://www.okcupid.com/profile?u=Brittarded25

Jesus. She just woo'd me again. This is getting scary.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by GOATSE

Jesus. She just woo'd me again. This is getting scary.

Indeed. She is either insane, very desperate or has extremely poor taste. Perhaps a combination.

[Calcountry]

Originally Posted by Jilly

she probably is. yes she bathes. It drives me insane. she can be a pretty girl when she puts some effort into it.... but she never does.
And then complains when noone is interested in her.... there is something to taking your hair out of a ponytail and putting the contacts in!!!

But does she brush and floss her teeth?

[KCChiefsMan]

they should do a study at 1:30 am at the bar and see what men will go for

[Rain Man]

Wow. I thought I was the only one who considered looks when dating.* It's nice to know I'm not alone.

And by the way, this study is silly. It's based on samples of 20 and 26 people? I saw it in the paper the other day, and my wife and I were aghast that it's getting publicity when it's not big enough to realistically generalize.


*Back when I dated, of course. I pretty much just date my wife at this point.