Latest Physical attractiveness Stories
WASHINGTON -- Science is confirming what most women know: When given the choice for a mate, men go for good looks.And guys won't be surprised to learn that women are much choosier about partners than they are."Just because people say they're looking for a particular set of characteristics in a mate, someone like themselves, doesn't mean that is what they'll end up choosing," Peter M. Todd, of the cognitive science program at Indiana University, Bloomington, said in a telephone...
LONDON (Reuters) - Women can pick up cues about how men feel about children from their faces and use the subtle signs to rate them as potential partners, scientists said on Wednesday. The team of researchers from the United States showed that an affinity for children and male hormone levels play a role in determining how attractive men are to women. "Our data suggest that men's interest in children predicts their long-term mate attractiveness even after we account for how physically...
LONDON -- The old adage that women look for wealth in a man appears to be under threat after research on Wednesday showed women are starting to put physical attractiveness above solvency.The shift is occurring because women have been freed from the constraints that previously dictated how they chose a mate as they increasingly control their own finances, the study said."We are seeing that women who have control over their finances are less concerned with the fiscal status of their...
Study suggests infidelity could be part of evolutionary call for desirable matesWomen who feel an urge for sex outside of their marriages might be hearing an evolutionary call to improve the species.New research suggests that during ovulation, when women are ready to conceive, nature may encourage them to look beyond their male partners for a better gene pool, but only if they don't find their mates sexually attractive."The mating market is driven by supply and demand, and therefore not...
LONDON (Reuters) - The best dancers have the most symmetrical bodies and a head start in being chosen as the most promising mate, according to new research. A study published in Nature science journal used motion capture technology to film 183 Jamaican men and women dancing for one minute to the same popular tune. Samples of these were then shown to 155 of the dancers' peers, none of whom was able to recognize the individual they were watching and who were therefore not influenced by...
LONDON (Reuters) - The best dancers have the most symmetrical bodies and a head start in being chosen as the most promising mate, according to new research.A study published in Nature science journal used motion capture technology to film 183 Jamaican men and women dancing for one minute to the same popular tune.Samples of these were then shown to 155 of the dancers' peers, none of whom was able to recognize the individual they were watching and who were therefore not influenced by appearance...
LONDON (Reuters) - The best dancers have the most symmetrical bodies and a head start in being chosen as the most promising mate, according to new research.A study published in Nature science journal used motion capture technology to film 183 Jamaican men and women dancing for one minute to the same popular tune.Samples of these were then shown to 155 of the dancers' peers, none of whom was able to recognize the individual they were watching and who were therefore not influenced by appearance...
WASHINGTON -- Women who lose their sexual desire as they age may not be the victims of hormonal changes but may be reacting to their own body image, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.The more a woman perceived herself as less attractive, the more likely she was to report a decline in sexual desire or activity over the past 10 years, the team at Penn State University found."Our results suggest that 'treatment,' via medication, of menopausal effects for this purpose seems unwarranted...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women who lose their sexual desire as they age may not be the victims of hormonal changes but may be reacting to their own body image, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.The more a woman perceived herself as less attractive, the more likely she was to report a decline in sexual desire or activity over the past 10 years, the team at Penn State University found."Our results suggest that 'treatment,' via medication, of menopausal effects for this purpose seems...
By Nancy WaitzWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Beauty may only be skin deep but it's apparently enough to carry an election, a new study says.Handsome male candidates had a 56 percent chance of winning an election while their less dashing counterparts had a 44 percent chance, according Daniel Hamermesh, the study's author and an economics professor at the University of Texas.Hamermesh studied the election of officers for the American Economic Association, a professional group, from 1996 through...
