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.

[Fish]

Originally Posted by Jilly

yeah...we're pretty strange. At least some of us are. But doesn't that make sense...or maybe that's something I'm putting in there. Maybe I'm obsessing about nothing?
Personally, I think to feel sexually empowered, a woman needs to take care of herself and feel good about what she looks like. I think many women don't have sex with their husbands because they constantly feel bad about what they look like. But to me, regardless of weight or other factors, if a woman decides to put on something pretty, wear pretty make up and do her hair, she instantly feels better about who she is and is more apt to feel sexually amorous

Yes, that makes sense. Personally, I feel the same about myself in a tux as I do in greasy coveralls, but I see where you're coming from. I guess for me, when I get to the point that I'm in love(not just lust) with a woman, it doesn't matter if she dresses up X number of times a week. I'm still going to be attracted to her. Like you said of your friend "I love her and think she's pretty regardless...but you know, I know her soul." I guess I'm just looking for that...

Originally Posted by Jilly

no....but this should bump her up like 20 notches... she consciously made a decision when she was 18 to maintain her virginity and she has stuck by it.... that's crazy, huh?

Bump her up? Are you kidding me? She lost about 20 notches because some poor guy is gonna have to marry her to get a piece.

[Jilly]

Originally Posted by KC Fish

Yes, that makes sense. Personally, I feel the same about myself in a tux as I do in greasy coveralls, but I see where you're coming from. I guess for me, when I get to the point that I'm in love(not just lust) with a woman, it doesn't matter if she dresses up X number of times a week. I'm still going to be attracted to her. Like you said of your friend "I love her and think she's pretty regardless...but you know, I know her soul." I guess I'm just looking for that...

so you're single? because that's what she's looking for.... we should have a planet get together, just so I can bring her along to meet someone nice like this!!! But you all cant' tell her i talked about her!!!

[Jilly]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Bump her up? Are you kidding me? She lost about 20 notches because some poor guy is gonna have to marry her to get a piece.

really? i thought this was every guy's fantasy besides a threesome?

Originally Posted by KC Fish

Yes, that makes sense. Personally, I feel the same about myself in a tux as I do in greasy coveralls, but I see where you're coming from.

I think you'd feel a whole lot better in a pair of these:

Originally Posted by Jilly

really? i thought this was every guy's fantasy besides a threesome?

Meh. Overrated. Especially if you have to marry her. I mean, ideally most of us would love to marry a virgin bride but it's not too realistic any longer for 99.9% of the population.

[Jilly]

well, here she is that .1% and I'm lucky enough to be friends with her!

[Fish]

Originally Posted by Phobia

I think you'd feel a whole lot better in a pair of these:

Do they come in plaid? I have a lot of plaid...... and do they come in a higher heel? Maybe a swimming goldfish in the heel?

[Jilly]

Originally Posted by KC Fish

Do they come in plaid? I have a lot of plaid...... and do they come in a higher heel? Maybe a swimming goldfish in the heel?

I bet they have it at the "We sell it on Ebay" store

[Fish]

Originally Posted by Jilly

really? i thought this was every guy's fantasy besides a threesome?

Many a male would probably get giggity about the virgin thing... but virgin sex is never ever what it's cut out to be....

[Ebolapox]

Originally Posted by Jilly

derrrrr....but yet I still have a really good friend who's single who REFUSES to dress up to meet guys, even though she wants to date. Go figure.

she do anal? cause that'll get a woman out of ever dressing up again...

[Ebolapox]

Originally Posted by Jilly

of her? hmmmm...I'm not sure I even have one... unless I steal it off her myspace or facebook...!!!

fuck, that's public domain--post that sh*t

[Ebolapox]

Originally Posted by GOATSE

Jesus, no.

Her friends, on the other hand...

by friends, you mean your second cousin steve, right?



NTTAWWT

[Ebolapox]

Originally Posted by Marlboro_Chief

As long as she has a hole and it's juicy, I'd hit it. Marlboro Chief has the lowest standards on this board because I am a dirtbag and proud of it!

pregnant 'bitches' everywhere bark when you're near.

[Ebolapox]

Originally Posted by Jilly

you know, she's not fat. she's not a size 3 either though. The thing about her is that she jsut doesn't try. I love her and think she's pretty regardless...but you know, I know her soul. On the surface, she's just not one of those girls that looks good naturally, she just needs a little mascara and it bumps her up like 10 notches.

so, you two ever get wild in college after a few too many margaritas?