Why women want handsome men

Originally posted by Jackie Malfoy
I have a cute boyfriend and he is handsome too.That is not the only reason I like him through.I like his personity more then anything.There is more on liking a guy beside his looks.you know!JM

Feel free to post a pic. And we'll know if it came with the wallet.

Originally posted by The Omega
Now a scientific studied has shown, why women go for the handsome men. Their sperm is simply better.

According to a recent news story in the New Scientist, 'handsome men have the best sperm'. And how do we know this? Because researchers recruited 66 women in Valencia, Spain, who looked at the faces of 66 male students and happened to identify as the most handsome those men who also have the best sperm.

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993777

Okay, ladies. We're excused now 🙂
(Calls Keanu Reeves)

🤨 I see all and hear all Omega! 😛

just some twists and turns and you can proof that the quality of the garden in the summer has an influence on the amount of time a student spends in the winter on studying 😛

or hot men..i know one droolio

How does that study compensate for the idea of beauty?

A man or woman in one culture or country who is considered very attractive to the opposite sex may not be regarded in the same way in a different culture.

Does this mean that your sperm count can change if you go to an area in the world where you are considered more attractive?

Actually the basic concepts of what's attractive are the same from culture to culture, even those who don't have exposure to mass media according to studies I've seen........

Cipher, have you ever taken a social anthropology course or a similar university level course (or equivalent) that studies the dynamics, traits and belief structures of other cultures? There are cultures around the world that find asymetry attractive, obesity desirable, and the distortion of the body through years of altercation the epitome of beauty.

The idea of a universal or global concept of beauty is idea put forth by a few western behaviouralists and is heavely supported by cosmetic and like minded companies.

I saw a show about that a while ago. In some part of Africa they find women with child bearing hips to be more attractive than skinny women.

Right hips, breasts, etc. The study wasn't trying to say that there is only a single standard, but rather basic similarities common to most cultures. Its a general statement, really.

Originally posted by Korri
🤨 I see all and hear all Omega! 😛

Well... damn. DAMN! 😄
It's Korri... (RUNS... in Keanu Reeves general direction).

Kharmadog> Did you read the article?

Probably not. I find this amazing how all men jumped to some kind of defence..like we shouldnt perfer handsome men.

We have a reason to be shallow - it makes me happy.

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Probably not. I find this amazing how all men jumped to some kind of defence..like we shouldnt perfer handsome men.

We have a reason to be shallow - it makes me happy.

As if we don't look for trophies as well. Shallow as it may seem, the looks just have to be there, or it's likely not going to work.

Just look at the responses of all males in this thread.

Wait....

you mean there's an official reason to be shallow now?

Liking a hot guy because he's hot is a far better reason than liking him for the sperm he produces.

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Just look at the responses of all males in this thread.

Not all the males dear.

The alpha male is a complex creature. But the truth is that looks, male or female, weigh heavilly on our choices in mates. It's just the truth.

Originally posted by The Omega
It's Korri... (RUNS... in Keanu Reeves general direction).

I'm not getting defensive, I'm just saying that I find it hard to accept the results of a study when the judgement of male or female beauty is not an easily calcuable (real word?) variable.

I find Christina Ricci very attractive, most of my friends don't. I have seen some women go nuts over Kid Rock, others go insane over Johnny Depp, still others for the lead singer of the Pogues. The definition of beauty in not universal. There can be cultural accepted norms, but you will still have indivivdual preferences. But to say that there are universal ideas of beauty I think is a little over the top.

I find it hard that anything is universally accepted.

i agree with karma, every person has their own view of what is pretty and what isn't. look at me, i prefer oriental women, my friends don't. this study doesn't really have a point or a stable base...

something on tv today about animal instincts involved in this ...can't...remember... where 😑

Oh man! I can think of some guys that can't disprove this theory anytime like Larry Flynt, Hugh Hefner, and Ron Jeremy. I'm sure women want Larry's and Hugh sperm and not their money. As for Ron....well, can't say women don't want his sperm. 😛