Interesting dichotomy men vs. women

[sera300]

Attractive women want it all!

Published: Monday, 24-Mar-2008 Women's Health News Although many researchers have believed women choose partners based on the kind of relationship they are seeking, a new study from The University of Texas at Austin reveals women's preferences can be influenced by their own attractiveness.

David Buss, psychology researcher at the university, has published the findings in "Attractive Women Want it All: Good Genes, Economic Investment, Parenting Proclivities and Emotional Commitment" in this month's Evolutionary Psychology.
Previous researchers argued that what women value depended on the type of relationship they were looking for. Women looking for long-term partners want someone who will be a good provider for them and their children, but women seeking short-term flings care more about masculinity and physical attractiveness, features that may be passed down to children.
Buss and Todd Shackelford, psychology professor at Florida Atlantic University, found women ideally want partners who have all the characteristics they desire, but they will calibrate their standards based on their own desirability.
"When reviewing the qualities they desire in romantic partners, women gauge what they can get based on what they got," Buss said. "And women who are considered physically attractive maintain high standards for prospective partners across a variety of characteristics."
The researchers identified four categories of characteristics women seek in a partner:

• good genes, reflected in desirable physical traits,
• resources,
• the desire to have children and good parenting skills, and
• loyalty and devotion.

Most women attempt to secure the best combination of the qualities they desire from the same man, but the researchers said a small portion of women who do not find a partner with all the qualities may trade some characteristics for others.
Although women's selectivity across categories reflected how attractive they appeared to other people, the researchers found the characteristics men desired in a partner did not vary based on their own physical attractiveness.
http://www.utexas.edu/

[Brandye]

Evolutionary biologists have for a long time said biology causes men to distribute their seed far and wide to insure their DNA lives on. The female of whatever specie is responsible for the quality of the seed accepted. Our selection is the quality control on the evolutionary process.

[sera300]

Originally Posted by Brandye

Evolutionary biologists have for a long time said biology causes men to distribute their seed far and wide to insure their DNA lives on. The female of whatever specie is responsible for the quality of the seed accepted. Our selection is the quality control on the evolutionary process.

Perhaps why some are very specific! However, I found the operative part was based on the women's attractiveness! Higher selection methods--now there is a good reason all women should make it a point to keep fit and healthy.

[Ducy]

Kind of related (since a womans attractiveness affects her choices), but there was also a study that showed the relationship between penis size and self esteem in woman.

Basically the more attractive she thought she was, the bigger the penis she wanted.

[constantlylearning]

That is an interesting article to say the least.......

[EvilEvilKitten]

Men play a 'numbers game' tis true but that sort of thing is short-sighted. It is NOT how many babies you make that counts. It is how many of your babies grow up and have babies of their own that matters. It isn't the next generation, fellas, it is the one AFTER that that counts. You want grandkids! So choose your women wisely and look after your kids well.

Remember, you have to think these things through.

[constantlylearning]

EEK you are a very impressive person......PERIOD.