July 18, PM. All the science-proven things about you that drive men crazy the most. What men find attractive in women businessinsider. Recommended articles. Facial symmetry. Strong eye contact. Great teeth. Beautiful smiles. Another study suggests that men are so drawn to women who smile a lot. A higher-pitched voice. Andrews looked at a phenomenon known as imprinting, well known to exist in the animal world and, until recently, largely unexplored in humans.
The study looked at how likely men and women are to be attracted to certain hair and eye color in their chosen partners, and they found that for men, the best indicator of preferences was the hair and eye color of their mothers. When nearly volunteer participants including men were asked about the hair and eye color of themselves, their parents, and their partners, they found that overwhelmingly men were attracted to the same coloring that their mothers had.
The same correlation didn't appear when comparing their father's hair and eye color, and while researchers aren't entirely sure what's going on here, they did suggest that it's possible that the early connection between mother and son formed a sort of subconscious bond that suggests safety, familiarity, and comfort linked to the eye and hair color they knew first.
Another study, this one done by the University of Tokyo , found that men showed significant preference for women who shared something else with their mother: height. When they looked at volunteers who reported their own heights, along with their parents' and their partners' heights, they found that men were much more likely to be attracted to a woman of similar height to their mother.
A sense of humor is high on the list of traits that everyone says they look for in potential partners, but according to a study published in Evolution and Human Behavior , the sort of humor men and women find attractive is surprisingly different. When both men and women were asked about the traits they looked for in a partner, both groups reported a sense of humor was equally important.
But when the study looked a little further, they found that while women valued both the ability to be funny and to appreciate the same sort of things they found funny, men were a little more one-sided with what they found attractive. The men surveyed didn't rate funny women as any more desirable, and instead, it was receptiveness to their own sense of humor that they valued.
In other words, men want someone who's going to laugh at their jokes. For men, it wasn't as necessary that women be able to make them laugh.
They were looking for someone who appreciated their capacity for what the study called their production of humor. When men's responses were broken down by the type of relationship they were talking about, the results were even more drastic.
When it came to dating and long-term relationships, it was even more important for men to find someone who appreciated their sense of humor, while funny females were better for friendship and short-term relationships.
According to a pair of Australian researchers , one thing that men find surprisingly attractive is a simple one that anyone can do — just tilt your head the right way. They took a series of faces that were manipulated to appear as they were being viewed from different angles, and volunteers were then asked to rate the attractiveness of those faces, along with how feminine or masculine they were. They found that men were most attracted to faces when women tilted their heads forward enough that they were looking slightly up.
The results were significant and suggested that nothing more than a simple adjustment to the way we carry ourselves could make someone measurably more attractive. They suggested that it has something to do with height, and that when a man sees a woman who tilts her head forward and looks up at him, she's presenting herself in such a way that accents height differences and, in turn, traditional ideas about masculinity and femininity.
This one goes both ways, and it turns out that both men and women find certain risk-taking behaviors incredibly attractive in potential mates. Personality traits that include being open to certain risks were rated as highly attractive to women, but surprisingly, men were attracted to women who were a certain kind of adventurous. According to a study done by the University of Alaska Anchorage , men and women were attracted to those with personality traits that allowed them to take part in and enjoy what they called hunter-gatherer risks.
That includes activities and dangers similar to what our ancient ancestors would have faced, like skiing, mountain climbing, whitewater rafting, and other outdoor activities. While those are things we usually think of as being attractive when a man does them, the study found that men are also attracted to the same behaviors in women. Being attracted to risk-taking behaviors only went so far, through, and it was only ancient risks that were found attractive. Taking modern risks were definitely seen as less attractive, and that meant everything from driving without a seat belt to dabbling in drugs.
While you might think that a husky voice would be a sexy one, studies have shown that what men are really attracted to is a higher-pitched voice. According to one study done by University College London , high-pitched voices were found to be almost universally more attractive to men, mostly because of the features, figure, and youth they imagined to go along with that voice.
Volunteers were asked to listen to a series of voices and then rate them based on their appeal, and researchers found that there was sort of a sweet spot in pitch.
Men rated high-pitched voices more attractive, but only to a certain point. When the voice got too high-pitched, the attractiveness declined. By the end of the study, they concluded that in order to be most attractive, a voice should be moderately high-pitched and slightly breathy, all which reportedly signaled that the speaker had a small frame. Weirdly, they were also able to draw comparisons between their results and results that had been already found in the animal kingdom.
There, males and females often have different pitch and tone to their voice, as they're used for different reasons. That further led the team to the conclusion that men prefer moderately high-pitched voices not only because of the physical qualities they imply, but also because they impart the idea of submissiveness and make confrontation seem unlikely. If your voice doesn't fall into the realm of "moderately high-pitched," there's no need to fear. According to a study from the Journal of Evolutionary Psychology , women who are talking to a man they're attracted to tend to speak in a higher pitch without even realizing they're doing it.
The science behind this one is pretty fascinating, and while ovulation might not be a specific trait, it is linked to some traits that men find attractive. According to a study in the journal Hormones and Behavior , men were more likely to rate women as being the most attractive when they were at the most fertile point in their menstrual cycle.
There have been a huge number of studies done on this, and there have been some fascinating discoveries. As women approach peak fertility , voices get higher in pitch, body odor changes and becomes more desirable, and it's even suspected there might be some sort of incredibly discreet change in skin or lip color — all things men have traditionally found more attractive.
In , a University of New Mexico study found that fertility even seemed to impact the tips made by professional lap dancers, and another study done by researchers from the University of Gottingen in Germany got similar results. Men were asked to watch silhouettes of women dancing and to pick out the more attractive women based only on their movements.
Overwhelmingly, they choose the women who were at their most fertile, and they did the same thing when they were asked to choose the most attractive silhouettes of women simply walking. Researchers suspect that hormonal changes that happen in the body at times of peak fertility change some things to appeal even more to men, allowing them to pick up on fertility unconsciously.
When it comes to overall body shapes, we always hear that it's the hourglass figure that's most attractive. That might not be entirely true, though, and according to research done by professors at the University of Texas , it's only the last part of the traditional trio of measurements that really matters. Professor Devendra Singh took a look at the differences in how male and female bodies store fat, coupled with indicators of health and fertility.
She found that when women have a waist to hip ratio WHR of between. She conducted a series of experiments that not only surveyed men as to what shape they found most attractive, but also looked back through the last few decades at everything from Miss America contestants to Playboy models. The overwhelming majority of the men she surveyed agreed that the most attractive shape had to do with that magic WHR number, no matter what their age group was.
The waist and hips are related to childbirth , making men think, those big hips would be great for delivering my baby! A High Voice. According to a study cited in the video, a high-pitched voice evokes youthfulness and signifies a small, feminine body, both of which are attractive to men. Let's just say our high-pitched shrieks at the scandalous happenings on the Real Housewives is a sign of evolution at work.
Healthy Hair. Shiny , full, and long hair is very attractive. Again, it's a sign of health and fertility. And thankfully, very fake-able with regular salon visits and blowouts. Remember, it's for the future of the human race. Well obviously, happy people are attractive people. But science has also proven the whiter the teeth, the better. Less Makeup. You may think that contouring, layers of eye shadow, and bold lips are making you more beautiful, but it turns out, the natural look is more appealing to men.
But it shouldn't take science to tell you that the natural you, is the best you. In an Australian study that's perhaps as perplexing as it is specific, one of the most attractive positions for a woman's head according to those rating head positions, apparently is this: A slight tilt with eyes looking up. Music, according to a lot of research, is one of humanity's great aphrodisiacs. In other words, piping in a sensual, soulful, or sultry soundtrack at great decibel levels to the room raises our decibel level.
There's nothing quite like a well-timed barb hurled at a player from an opposing team—especially when they make a play that deserves such ridicule. It shows that a woman is heading to game not because she's being nice and going along for the ride, but because she's actually into the sport. An online survey found that 70 percent of men get jazzed about a woman who plays golf, whether it's a trip to the driving range or an entire day spent on the green.
And fellas, if you're looking to learn some tricks of the trade, steal some tips about the game from golf course extraordinaire Mike Meldman. It's not just that a survey found that nearly three-quarters of men like tattoos on their partners; it's the fact that there's something in so important that it moved a woman to turn her skin into a canvas.
And if you're thinking about getting inked up, yourself, check out these Best Tattoos for First Timers. A hair dryer leaves a lingering burnt scent, like a fragrance gone wrong, that doesn't really scream "sexy.
One study that looked at behaviors in speed dating found that interest can be built through simple behaviors that indicate a woman is showing initial interest.
This applies not only to first dates or early dates, but also to other arenas of potentially budding romance—you know: the meet-cute at the coffee shop, the run-in at the folk concert, the drink order sent bourbon, neat from the other side of the bar. A woman making the first move is irresistible. A window into one's personal life? Well, social media was invented as a tool to stay connected to family, friends, and the world at large. It's rare—and, as such, a huge attractor—to see someone use it that way.
Keeping some individual space is sexy. Unless your messenger really, really, really, really needs you to reply with the Netflix password.
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