Category: Health Author : H. Scott English Posted: December 19, 2011
Tags : men women, psychological science, sexual miscues, study, what do women want. evolution
A new study has found out something that should shock everyone to the core…men have real difficulty in figuring out if a female is interested in them!
Most women who have spent any amount of time in the single scene (or on the planet) know that there seems to be two types of men out there, those that think they are God’s gift to women and those who can’t tell that a female is even slightly interested in them.
The study examined 100 men and women by “speed cycling” them through meetings with 5 members of the opposite sex. Before the excersise began the participants all rated how they feel about their own level of attractiveness and their desire for a “one night stand” was determined. For the exercise the participants rated their own attractiveness and were assessed for their desire to have a short-term sexual encounter. After each conversation the participants were asked about how it went and whether they perceived that the member of the opposite sex wanted to engage in a little extra curricular activity.
The results, to be published in the upcoming issue of Psychological Science, were pretty clear:
- Men who want a one night stand were more likely to overestimate how much the woman wanted him.
- Men who believed they were attractive also believed the women wanted them, while the one’s who women were actually attracted to didn’t think this way.
- The better looking a woman was to the man, the more likely he was to overestimate her interest in him.
- Most women underestimated men’s desire for them
“There are two ways you can make an error as a man,” study author Carin Perilloux, a psychologist at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., told Health Day. “Either you think, ‘Oh, wow, that woman’s really interested in me’ — and it turns out she’s not. There’s some cost to that,” such as embarrassment.
Men also make the mistake of not realizing that a female is into them.
“He misses out on a mating opportunity. That’s a huge cost in terms of reproductive success,” Perilloux explained.
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Dec 19, 2011
Lol really!
Dec 19, 2011
men really don't have a clue. their brain is further south.
Dec 19, 2011
they don't have brains… they just have organs that function on their own…
Dec 19, 2011
Is anybody proofreading this stuff for spelling, grammar and punctuation? Or doesn't it matter anymore?
Dec 19, 2011
As a guy(obviously), I would say that this article is VERY accurate. I have been married for 12 years and I am still learning what my wife likes(emotionally). Oh well, it's a learning experience by the day.
Dec 19, 2011
So true. They are clueless.
Dec 20, 2011
Are these undergrads? Cause that's just not a good sampling.
Dec 20, 2011
There isn't enough research done here. Very much jumping the gun on resluts of a speed dating test. Could be a good way to start a study though.
Dec 20, 2011
Men that don't realize that a woman is into them miss out on a MATING OPPORTUNITY? And miss an opportunity for REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS? Did I miss something in the article? The women were being asked if they were into the man enough to have a one night stand/short term sexual encounter, extra curricular activity period! So how does this woman researcher equate a one night stand or short term sexual encounter, with a virtual STRANGER WHERE SAFE SEX SHOULD BE PRACTICED, WITH THE COUPLE TRYING TO MAKE A BABY? I see nothing in the answers that even hint at EITHER PARTY trying to have a child or have we flushed out the real reason women have a one night stand their real unstated, unspoken, SECRET goal? IS THAT ALL WE MEN ARE IS "MATING" SPERM DONORS?