You know what this forum needs?

More borderline-misogynistic self pity. Well.. maybe not, but stiill, ill just light the touch paper and run away to a safe distance again

Women find men more attractive if they see other women admiring them, a study has suggested.

Psychologists discovered that a man was judged more desirable by a woman if she saw her peers using positive facial expressions, such as smiling.

Previous research indicated that facial attractiveness was based on personal taste and types of person.

But Aberdeen University's Face Research Laboratory found facial expressions of others could influence attractiveness.

In the study, women were shown photographs of pairs of men who were roughly matched looks-wise and asked which they preferred.


They then watched a slide show of the same men with pictures of women either smiling at them or appearing disinterested.

When asked to rate the photographs again, the majority of women developed a preference for the man who was smiled at.

Dr Ben Jones, who led the project, said: "We found that a woman smiling at a guy increased another woman's preference for him, even if she had no preference for either at first.

"It is really the first time that a phenomenon called social learning - where we learn by what other people think or do - has been shown to influence attractiveness.

"You tend to think about attractiveness being a decision of personal taste but this shows that people are influenced to a great extent by what others think of individuals as opposed to what they think about them themselves."

The research is published in the Royal Society's Biological Sciences journal.

bbc

[R@H]

Originally Posted by He's a mentalist

More borderline-misogynistic self pity.

do not make me kill you

[SilverSpoon]

****, so I need women to show interest in me before other women will show interest in me? This doesn't work!

Originally Posted by SilverSpoon

****, so I need women to show interest in me before other women will show interest in me? This doesn't work!

I think it would work. All you need is some female friends. Then you can tell them to laugh and smile around you infront of the girl you want to pick up. Then she's all yours, LOL.

[SilverSpoon]

Female friends?! It keeps getting harder!

^^^LOL, alright you find someone that will feel sorry for you and borrow THEIR female friends. There is always a solution SilverSpoon. YOU CAN DO IT!!!

[SilverSpoon]

Haha. Well, I talk to a lot of chicks are school (regrettably, ugh, hate these people), but if I can get that far, why would I just use them to get other chicks? Might as well work with the ones I've got.

Anyway, sounds like a crackpot study. Most of these do. It's like, find one little thing, formulate a pattern based on a couple of test subjects then reveal your wondrous and completely useless contribution to the world to marvel at.

^^ I could possibly agree more if i wanted to try

[SilverSpoon]

You learn pretty quick

[edawg99]

This dating stuff is BS. Why can't they just go out with you without analyzing everything.

[Plastic Flute]

You guys .....

[Jocasta]

Originally Posted by SilverSpoon

****, so I need women to show interest in me before other women will show interest in me? This doesn't work!

Tough break.

[Blackmask]

It's like, find one little thing, formulate a pattern based on a couple of test subjects then reveal your wondrous and completely useless contribution to the world to marvel at.

People with too much time on their hands. Maybe the reason they have that time is because they haven't got any female friends to make them seem desirable to other females.

[Gumby]

It's true. It's called "Social Proof." Women want what other women want. When a man has a woman, or even more than one (especially if she/they are hot), it gives him value. Lots of guys will tell you that when they're single, they could hardly get a woman's attention. Yet, when he finds someone, suddenly he gets hit on a lot more.

A woman sees a man with several women admiring him, so she starts to wonder what he has that they find so attractive. Even if he's not the best looking guy, they can think "does he have money? Is he just really charming/entertaining? Could he put Peter North out of business?"

Since most women want the "best of the best," getting a man who other women see as top of the line will also prove her worth as well. This isn't necessarily at the concious level, mind you. I've never heard a woman say, "wow, that guy gets tons of women...I want him, too!"

I mean, lots of guys complain that women go for players who basically have "I will bang your sister" tattooed on their foreheads. Most players, contrary to what lots of people would have you believe, are pretty blatant and obvious about who they are and what they're about. They just know how to push the right buttons to get it, while allowing the girl to play the victim later.

People with too much time on their hands. Maybe the reason they have that time is because they haven't got any female friends to make them seem desirable to other females.

This isn't the same as having a lot of female friends. That will make other girls see you as asexual and "safe" in a way that doesn't excite or motivate them at all.

I don't see why this is labeled a "crackpot study." All you have to do is go outside and look at reality to see that it's true. This isn't to say all women are just mindless lemmings (for the most part, heh), but having a few (attractive) female admirers will definitely help you out.

[SilverSpoon]

I dunno, they kinda look like Lemmings.

[Captain Beefheart]

Mysogony? That is more of what this forum needs. Hi5!



This song is so beautiful and I never knew it existed until yesterday. Now I play it 5-10 times a day and try not to overworry about figuring out women based on crackpipe studies.

Timmy from youtube land apparently doesn't share my view:

TimJump (2 weeks ago)
dis mutha fuka gay as hell wtf dis ***** think he hard but he soft as hell his ass look retarted in half the vid ***** ass mother fuker you gay as hell

nothing like a little Lil'Wayne and JadaKiss to make a woman feel special.