Hmmm, I’m going to go ahead and say “duh” on this one.
Wake Forest University psychologist Dustin Wood, recently released the findings of his “attractiveness” study. The study included 4,000 male and female participants who rated different types for attractiveness. I love this sort of thing, but honestly, I think it’s all sorts of predictable.
The study included pictures of oodles of men and women, all between the ages of 18-25. Without participants knowing the research team rated each picture on it’s type characteristics (ie. seductive, confident, thin, sensitive, stylish, curvaceous [women], muscular [men], traditional, masculine/feminine, classy, well-groomed, or upbeat.) Participants then rated the pictures from 1 to 10, 1o being super-duper hot.
Men showed a consistent preference for women who seemed thin, seductive and self-confident. Have you seen Angelina Jolie, yeah nuff said. Women on the other hand fared much more open minded. Women seemed to show a small preference for small, muscular types, but there was no real obvious winner when it comes to women’s attraction levels. Men that women found to be dreamboats, lit no fire under others. Women voted for more non-physical perceived attributes than men did.
Fellas, worry not, there’s bound to be a woman out there that lusts after you. Ladies, well, it’s not like this came to much of a surprise, right?
The study did have one other stand out finding, people rated pictures of people smiling as more attractive on both ends of the gender spectrum. Smile!
