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Title: Women drawn to men with muscles
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URL Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/oddl ... 10?feedType=RSS&rpc=22&sp=true
Published: Jul 10, 2007
Author: By Julie Steenhuysen
Post Date: 2007-07-10 16:30:46 by gengis gandhi
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Women drawn to men with muscles Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:13AM EDT Email | Print | Digg | Reprints | Single Page [-] Text [+] Photo 1 of 1Full Size Featured Broker sponsored link Money Center Power. Price. Service. No Compromises. By Julie Steenhuysen 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. "Most research is focused on what men find physically attractive in women and the career traits women find attractive in men," Frederick said by telephone. "Much less research is devoted to what women find attractive." He said prior studies concluded a man's desirability was influenced more by his earning potential and commitment. His study found physical characteristics mattered more. Women were more physically attracted to brawny men, especially for a fling. But when it comes to finding a long-term partner, they tend to pick a regular man over a mate with huge biceps. "On the one hand, it makes them more sexy to women. On the other hand, it makes women more suspicious about their romantic intentions," Frederick said. He and colleagues interviewed 99 male undergraduates about their sexual histories. Muscular men were twice as likely to have had more than three sex partners than less-built types. Frederick and colleagues also asked 141 college women to look at six standardized silhouettes of men ranging from brawny to slender. Most preferred a toned man who was more likely to commit over a muscle-bound man they perceived as more volatile, aggressive and dominant. © Reuters 2007. All rights reserved.
Poster Comment: um....thats whats been selling the weight sets, einstein. geez...this is science?
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#1. To: gengis gandhi (#0)
This explains the "Blacks on Blondes" phenomenon also, which seems to be far more prevalent among the sexually "experimenting" youth.
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They needed a study to determine this? Damn, just damn. What a waste of our tax dollars.
God is always good! in related news, a multi billion dollar, three decade study from the Rand Group has determined that many men think boobies are neat.
______________________________________________ I must be the Hulk then. I had 3... times a few... dozen... off to NC for 2 weeks. be good kids!
LOL! You and I are going to get along just fine!
Score !
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#2. To: gengis gandhi (#0)
"Women are predisposed to prefer muscularity in men," said study author David Frederick of UCLA.
"It was an interesting day." - President Bush, recalling 9/11 [White House, 1/5/02]
#3. To: gengis gandhi, *Humor-Weird News* (#0)
#4. To: gengis gandhi (#0)
love-muscle bump
#5. To: All (#0)
"man is something which ought to be overcome"
#6. To: farmfriend (#3)
Muscular men were twice as likely to have had more than three sex partners than less-built types.
Enemies of the Republic
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