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Revenge of teh average guy
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| malek |
When it comes to choosing a husband--someone who will be faithful, strong, and always there--women really do prefer scrawny over brawny. Think Ray Romano instead of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
That's the finding of a new study of 325 college women conducted by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles. While women seek out muscular men for fun flings and view them as more attractive and better in bed, they definitely don't want to marry them. Why? They're seen as being "less faithful, less likely to treat them well, and less emotionally sensitive," study co-author David Frederick, told HealthDayNews.
Call it the revenge of the scrawny guys. When it comes to settling down with a lifetime partner, these are the men that women find most attractive, according to the UCLA study. "When women are choosing mates--except for very attractive women--they're facing a tradeoff of choosing a guy who's very sexy or one who will stick around and treat them well," Frederick explained. This explains why Jennifer Aniston married Brad Pitt--and why the girl next door didn't.
The study: Frederick surveyed more than 300 college-age women about their preferences in male physiques and then measured their reactions after they looked at pictures of real and computer-generated men of varying levels of muscular fitness, reports HealthDayNews.
The results: Men with muscular physiques were rated nearly twice as sexy as non-muscular men, but they were also rated twice as intimidating and dominant.
"Based on the theory we're working under, most women wouldn't choose to marry Brad Pitt because he has so many short-term dating opportunities," Frederick concluded. Most women believe that someone that good-looking would not remain faithful to them. "The average woman would probably go for the Ray Romano guy as the long-term marriage partner," he said.
Gordon G. Gallup Jr., a professor of psychology at the State University of New York at Albany, told HealthDayNews that the UCLA findings likely reflect human habits developed through evolution. That is, when women choose life partners, they may be seeking men who will "invest in the family and their offspring and make a long-term, committed investment in the relationship," said Gallup. Fair or not, muscular men may be viewed "as more likely to play the field and less likely to make commitments," he added.
The study findings were reported at a meeting of the western region of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality in San Diego. |
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| Dmatrox |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
muscular men may be viewed "as more likely to play the field and less likely to make commitments," he added.
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wut?! thats not true
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| Dmatrox |
| link doesnt work dude |
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| Streakfury |
Bleh, I could have told them that.
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| Dmatrox |
| and how would you go about getting scrawny?:thepirate |
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| Azz3D |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dmatrox
and how would you go about getting scrawny?:thepirate |
lol |
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| smallSHEEP |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
revenge of the scrawny guys. |
Heh, there is hope for me after all. :thepirate |
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| Radagast |
| Luckily most of the "Arnold Schwarzeneggers" of the world do it for themselves first before women. |
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| Arbiter |
If I'm reading this right then not only does being muscular provide the benefit of being "who women seek out ... for fun flings," but also provides the benefit of reducing the risk that they'll harass you about marriage.
Time to hit the gym. |
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| Boomer187 |
yeah this is all in line with the evolutionary theiry of attraction, that our whole goal is to reproduce and have our kids live long. So in order to do that, guys look for healthy chicks, so then they can have healthy babies, thats why we dig young in shape girls with big boobs.
however when it comes to girls and babys they invest a lot more in one, so they need a dude that is gonna stick around and suport the kid to make it live long. so they need a faithful man, and since they would be jealous all the time of a hunky b/f getting another attractive chick, they might not want them.
but then there is child uncertainty, whereas girl are positive the kid they have is their, the guy never knows, so he is automatically less likely to stick around:wtf: but thats another story. |
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