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Women perfer "feminine men" accoring to UK study - 8/8/2007 10:21:01 AM

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LONDON (AFP) - Women see masculine-looking men as more unsuitable long-term partners but men with more feminine features are seen as more committed and less likely to stray, researchers said Wednesday.

Scientists at the universities of Durham and St Andrews came to the conclusion by asking more than 400 British men and women to make judgments on character after looking at digitally-altered pictures of men's faces.

The web-based test asked participants to rate the face for traits such as dominance, ambition, wealth, faithfulness, commitment, parenting skills, and warmth.

Men with square jaws, larger noses and smaller eyes were classed as significantly more dominant, less faithful, worse parents and as having less warm personalities.

Those with finer facial features, fuller lips, wide eyes and thinner, more curved eyebrows on the other hand were viewed as a better bet for long-term relationships.

And healthier-looking faces, for example those with better complexions, were seen as more desirable in terms of all personality traits compared to those who looked unhealthy.

Older faces were also generally viewed more positively compared to younger ones.

The scientists said there was a "high amount of agreement" between women about what they see in terms of personality when seeing a man's face and they may well use their impression to decide whether or not to engage with him.

"That decision-making process all depends on what a woman is looking for in a relationship at that time of her life," said Lynda Boothroyd, from Durham Universitys Department of Psychology.

Her colleague, David Perrett from St Andrews, said: "Our results contradict claims that machismo denotes fitness and disease immunity. Masculinity may buy you dominance but not necessarily tip top physical condition.

"Instead women see a healthy guy as the source of wealth, and fit for family life."

The research is published in the latest edition of the journal "Personality and Individual Differences".

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/wl_uk_afp/britainsciencemen_070808122024

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RE: Women perfer "feminine men" accoring to U... - 8/8/2007 10:21:50 AM

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Only in the UK. Everywhere else, women prefer masculine men.

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RE: Women perfer "feminine men" accoring to U... - 8/8/2007 10:41:53 AM

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RE: Women perfer "feminine men" accoring to U... - 8/8/2007 10:44:46 AM

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I suppose I'm one of the few that dislike all this feminine men that are out there nowadays, I wish they would be more masculine they're all turning into some bloody females I don't know, maybe I don't like the competition but I like masculine men..and there're so few of them nowadays *sniff*

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RE: Women perfer "feminine men" accoring to U... - 8/8/2007 10:45:05 AM

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sorry, but if i wanted a feminine looking guy like leo dicaprio or brad pitt, i might as well be a lesbian. give me a stony-jawed, rough faced, sexy man's man.

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RE: Women perfer "feminine men" accoring to U... - 8/8/2007 10:48:07 AM

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Fair enough; personally I find the robotic look unappealing. I think masculinity comes from something else than mere jawlines... A man can look like he's going to murder me, if he doesn't have a sense of humour, I'm going to laugh at him and send him on his way!

Besides, as I like girls too, I'm often very, very confused. But then again, I am British... perhaps this explains that.

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RE: Women perfer "feminine men" accoring to U... - 8/8/2007 10:50:20 AM

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those types of studies are ubitquious and old news.

The sum of it is,

When women are in a mood to be stingy with the gap, they prefer a feminine looking man.

When they want to give it away with both hands, they like the neanderthal types.

Well, fuckin' duh.

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RE: Women perfer "feminine men" accoring to U... - 8/8/2007 10:52:35 AM

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But Ron, how do you explain the many women out there who never go for the Neanderthals (I am definitely one of them)? Are we a new ra... sorry, a new specie of women, or what?

I mean, you know how I feel about big machismo: it makes me laugh, nothing else.

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RE: Women perfer "feminine men" accoring to U... - 8/8/2007 11:08:45 AM

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I tend to chime with Ron's lack of surprise at these findings - though nevertheless thanks to Cyberdude for posting them.

Of course though, it could be that the scientists conducting the study, being more than likely spotty nerds, have found what they wanted to find - that despite their recurrent lack of success with the opposite sex, they are actually God's gift after all.

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RE: Women perfer "feminine men" accoring to U... - 8/8/2007 11:24:38 AM

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Yup, only in England.

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RE: Women perfer "feminine men" accoring to U... - 8/8/2007 11:37:47 AM

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The people asking such questions weren't scientists at all but part of the great army of the intrinsically unemployed who are dependent on tax revenues to see them thru' the week for the working classes or month for the middle classes.

Now where did I put my skin moisturiser hair dye and nail polish. I really am quite slim and beautiful in feminine way even if I say so myself. !
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RE: Women perfer "feminine men" accoring to U... - 8/8/2007 11:38:46 AM

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Nope, feminine looking men don't do it for me. Not sure what we're qualifying as a neanderthal, but personally, I just like your average, working class looking guy........ which I guess isn't a very good descriptor either. LOL!

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RE: Women perfer "feminine men" accoring to U... - 8/8/2007 11:51:12 AM

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But Ron, how do you explain the many women out there who never go for the Neanderthals (I am definitely one of them)?

*sobs and hides his Neanderthal union card and wonders if he still has a shot at it...*

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RE: Women perfer "feminine men" accoring to U... - 8/8/2007 11:52:22 AM

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Sinergy, I saw you and your cute kilt. You're definitely not a Neanderth, with your big eyes and pointy shin :-)

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RE: Women perfer "feminine men" accoring to U... - 8/8/2007 1:42:58 PM

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Only in the UK. Everywhere else, women prefer masculine men.

I agree. I am not generally attracted to metro types at all, but there are exceptions if their behavior is that of a gentleman all the way. M

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RE: Women perfer "feminine men" accoring to U... - 8/8/2007 3:24:54 PM

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Nope, feminine looking men don't do it for me. Not sure what we're qualifying as a neanderthal, but personally, I just like your average, working class looking guy........ which I guess isn't a very good descriptor either. LOL!

Yeah, that could describe Homer Simpson, for crying out loud.

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RE: Women perfer "feminine men" accoring to U... - 8/8/2007 3:49:40 PM

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Only in the UK. Everywhere else, women prefer masculine men.

Nothing to do with the OP but on reflection maybe it is culturally significant. In American films men are generally portrayed in an exaggerated machismo manner, as though male characters are desperate to be 'real men'.

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RE: Women perfer "feminine men" accoring to U... - 8/8/2007 4:02:11 PM

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Only in the UK. Everywhere else, women prefer masculine men.

Nothing to do with the OP but on reflection maybe it is culturally significant. In American films men are generally portrayed in an exaggerated machismo manner, as though male characters are desperate to be 'real men'.

The French are proud of their flair, the Germans are proud of their dilligence, the Americans are proud of their self-proclaimed, hard-man status ;-), the Aussies are proud of their winning mentality, the Irish are proud of their hospitality......the English don't need any add ons; being English is sufficient.

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RE: Women perfer "feminine men" accoring to U... - 8/8/2007 4:03:10 PM

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Well according to this study; I guess I need to trade my truck in for a Volvo, start going to a stylist instead of a barber, drink wine instead of beer, and find some way to not find the 3 Stooges funny.

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RE: Women perfer "feminine men" accoring to U... - 8/8/2007 4:28:02 PM

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Well according to this study; I guess I need to trade my truck in for a Volvo, start going to a stylist instead of a barber, drink wine instead of beer, and find some way to not find the 3 Stooges funny.

Yeah. Me too.

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SBFY- pass over a wine cooler. No , tea please.
Maybe we should go powder our noses?

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