From Drudge:
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Muscular young men are likely to have more sex partners than their less-chiseled peers, researchers at the University of California Los Angeles said on Monday.
Their study, published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, suggests muscles in men are akin to elaborate tail feathers in male peacocks: They attract females looking for a virile mate.
"Women are predisposed to prefer muscularity in men," said study author David Frederick of UCLA.
I have strong beliefs about what women are predisposed to do...
What I've always been curious about was how hard they fought their predispositions. The fact that I've sired children is obvious proof that there are women who will take positions totally against their self interests. I am aware that rationalization makes us capable of the most awful things. But when you really get down to it, without rationalization, we'd probably eat our young.
Anyway, the sponsors of the study, Bally Total Fitness, said the results took them totally by surprise!
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I feel like a study of how well dudes who wore leather jackets with the collars turned up, half a can of unguent in their hair, rode motorcycles, and let nerds know that they could sit on it did with women would BLOW YOUR MIND.
You know what's surprising? The fact that Bally is "surprised" by results that essentially cause people to line up for their services.
I think this is BS. I think it may be true of gay men (they like ALL parts of the body in a hard state), but I think that body type/beauty in a potential mate is far more important to straight men than it is to women.
I think women are more easily impressed for stuff like sense of humour and intelligence, compatibility, and trust. I'm not saying that men don't want these things as well, but I've known many who have chosen gorgeous girlfriends who exhibit none of these qualities, in favour of a fine trophy. I'm generalizing, of course.
I personally like my men to be on the upper side of meaty - not muscular, just solid and cuddly. I once had a boyfriend who was all chiseled and handsome, but jealous girls kept asking me if I won him in a raffle. Dating out of my gene pool only brought me undue stress.
You should see the study sponsored by Anhiezer-Busch! -EVERYONE gets laid regularly!
(I think the Bally thing was Bert making a joke, incidentally.)
It depends on what the ladies are looking for. If it's a one night stand, obviously, appearance is pretty much all that matters. Well, that and the feeling that he doesn't have other people's body parts in his freezer.
This is why men go for appearances - because even our relationships start out as attempted one night stands.
And I am living proof that occasionally, women will forego good looks, muscles, basic hygiene, table manners, politeness, a decent fashion sense, and a desire for most masculine attributes in a desperate attempt to not be alone.
Bert making a joke?.... NOOOOOOOOO!
It is nice to know that studies are still being done by unbiased parties.
It was conclusively proven by Margaret Mead, ace anthropologist, that Pacific Islanders never conducted studies about what other people were thinking. And there is evidence that Communist governments never conducted studies to determine what the common man was thinking.
Polling currently being conducted in Iraq has indicated that 46.6% of sentient Iraqis would have rather taken their chances with Saddam Hussein over being blown up while shopping for underwear. In this poll, 22.6% had no opinion. The remaining 32.8% were either dead, in a coma or still too deaf to hear the question.
That's truly what's sad. No one would argue that Saddam was a despotic prick, but it's getting harder to find people who'd even half-assedly argue that the current situation isn't worse. "American exported democracy: worse than a despotic prick." We're going to need a really good PR team to help us spin this one.
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