Study investigates what women really want

Very interesting!! Seems like they found something that we don't cognitively realize we are using in selecting men.

I agree that the guy on the right is hotter than the guy on the left.

For me the author defeats her own theories.


In that the guy on the right looks far more masculine than the guy on the left.

AFEH said:

For me the author defeats her own theories.


In that the guy on the right looks far more masculine than the guy on the left.

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Which is interesting because the composite image is a reflection of the guys with lesser levels of body fat and the strongest immune systems. Testosterone levels appeared to play no role in terms of physical attraction, which doesn't really surprise me.

*Looks down at his Thanksgiving belly*

Ha,ha!
So I guess we are now entering the " new era" of masculinity?

I automatically chose the guy on the right because he looks healthier and more masculine.

This is masculinity? I probably wouldn't notice either of them that way at all. They both look sickly to me.

I just have to laugh that people still to this day try to make generalizations about what half the population "wants"

CandieGirl said:

This is masculinity? I probably wouldn't notice either of them that way at all. They both look sickly to me.

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Me neither, CG, but the one on the right appears more so than the one on the left.

It must be because of my age, but they both repulse me.

Caribbean Man said:

Ha,ha!
So I guess we are now entering the " new era" of masculinity?

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For me it's more like just another woman, the author, who doesn't like Masculinity.


Contrary to what the immunocompetence theory would have predicted, the researchers found no correlation between a man’s masculinity rating and how sexy women found him.

CandieGirl said:

It must be because of my age, but they both repulse me.

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I prefer a far more masculine look, too. My partner looks like a furry viking

Something about both of those pics looks kind of creepy.

I personally use to get more looks when I was about 25 lbs lighter, I had less facial hair, and boney at 6'0. Women just stopped flirting with me after I got more muscular, the five o'clock shadow started to even out, and my wife has no sexual desire now lol. Wtf!? Im sure my BMI is below 12 % but I guess it has to deal with weight too. I heard skinny men run the world, starting to believe it....

They look creepy because neither photo is of a real guy. Both are composites of multiple men.

And to reiterate, masculinity had little to do with attraction ... they found that body fat content was the determinant.

What I find most interesting is that people just hate being categorized ;-)

ScarletBegonias said:

both of those dudes are creepy looking. I'll take option C...

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Great Masculine role model. He’s the one who actually asks, no pleads, just about begs for sex. Yuk.


Great guy though. And really Nice. Exceptionally easy to manipulate and control, very "safe".

Apparently my sexual activity is in direct defiance of biology.

Deejo said:

They look creepy because neither photo is of a real guy. Both are composites of multiple men.

And to reiterate, masculinity had little to do with attraction ... they found that body fat content was the determinant.

What I find most interesting is that people just hate being categorized ;-)

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They're just finding it impossible to abstract the images into the essence of what's being communicated. Taking it all in the first person. Nothing new there!



Often times I think it's being deliberately antagonistic. But then I think no, the women here would never be deliberately antagonistic.

AFEH said:

Great Masculine role model. He’s the one who actually asks, no pleads, just about begs for sex. Yuk.


Great guy though. And really Nice. Exceptionally easy to manipulate and control, very "safe".

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I think he's perfect...it's his b**ch girlfriend who needs to go.

If he had a woman who appreciated him,he wouldn't need to plead,whine,ask,or beg for sex. It would just be there for him.

A good woman won't manipulate or control...even when she knows she has a man who will let her do that.