From AP: Men want hot women, study confirms

Posted by Kendall Harmon

Science is confirming what most women know: When given the choice for a mate, men go for good looks.

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.

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Posted September 4, 2007 at 10:42 am [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. The_Archer_of_the_Forest wrote:

And how much money was wasted on this study of the self evident?

September 4, 11:43 am | [comment link]
2. KAR wrote:

I’m glad I followed that impulse & hit “F5” for I’d nearly exactly would repeated #1.

Ladies, yes we are this shallow! That is why Proverbs 31 is *NOT* actually for you. It’s a mom instructing her son on what we should look for in a wife. The key phrase 31:30, the other two is what our fallen nature goes immediately after but she who fears the Lord is worth all her praises.

September 4, 11:56 am | [comment link]
3. KAR wrote:

Follow on—I’ve seen so many people makes lists of Prov. 31:10-31, it sells books. One thing I noticed is it written exactly backwards to our thinking. The cause is listed in 30 but the possible effects is the front part. Thus a late riser should not feel guilty grin

September 4, 12:13 pm | [comment link]
4. Ad Orientem wrote:

In other news… dog bites man and sun rises in the east - sets in the west.

September 4, 2:03 pm | [comment link]
5. Judith L wrote:

What!?  Someone is talking about male/female differences???  Haven’t they gotten the message that it’s all an artificial social construct?

September 4, 3:00 pm | [comment link]
6. Jill C. wrote:

Darn.  Before I clicked on the link to read the article in its entirety I was hoping it meant “hot” as in very warm (i.e. possibly a little overweight, pregnant, or menopausal—literally, someone who can keep a man warm in bed on a cold winter night!)  Oh well.

September 4, 4:36 pm | [comment link]
7. Wilfred wrote:

Has this changed in the past 10,000 years, and if so, is it evidence of global warming?

September 4, 6:08 pm | [comment link]
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