Single Women Seek… Attached Men

September 28, 2009 by fiona · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Love Science, Psychology 

It’s a truism among single women that all the best men are taken (or gay, but that’s a different matter). However, a new study on the factors that determine attraction indicates that it’s not so much the best men that are taken, but rather that the fact that men are taken makes single women thing they must be the best.

Confused? Well, the evidence the study produced is less than confusing:
184 heterosexual students, half of whom were single, participated in a study on sexual attraction and told the volunteers that a computer program would match them with an ideal partner. All the women in the study were shown the same photograph of a made-up „Mr. Right“ and all men were shown the same „Miss Perfect“. Now comes the interesting part – Read more

Smart Women Have Great Sex

May 18, 2009 by fiona · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Love + Sex 

The study we’re talking about doesn’t actually say that smart women have great sex, rather that women with a high emotional intelligence have more orgasms. But of course these results lend themselves to headlines like… well like Smart Women Have Great Sex, I guess ;)

Or, as another article puts it: Bad luck bimbos: Intelligent women have better sex, which doesn’t exactly nail it either. The truth about the study is less spectacular, but it makes a lot of sense: women with a high emotional intelligence are more in touch with their feelings, so when it comes to sex,  they know what they want, what they like and are able to articulate it. This leads to easier, more regular orgasms. Read more

Axe Effect Really Makes Men More Attractive?

March 16, 2009 by fiona · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Love Science 

attraktive-manner-duftenA scientific study claims to prove that the Axe effect really exists. In case you are not aware, the Axe effect is supposed to turn imbecile women into raging man-eaters. In the ads, these women chase an unattractive male whom they normally wouldn’t even touch with a pole, because he’s wearing Axe. Not the type of thing you see happening every day…

Of course, the study only managed to prove that women find it attractive when a man smells nice. Whether men smell nice when they douse themselves in Axe, you’ll have to decide for yourself. The results of the Axe effect study are after the jump. Read more