Smiling men less attractive to women: study

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Smiling men less attractive to women: study

CBC – Tue, 24 May, 2011

Women find men less attractive when they smile compared to when they take on

swaggering or brooding poses, a Canadian study has found.

In contrast, men find women more attractive when they smile, and least

attractive when they look proud and confident, the study of 1,084 heterosexual

university students shows.

" Generally, the results appear to reflect some very traditional gender norms and

cultural values that have emerged, developed and been reinforced through

history, at least in Western cultures, " , a sociologist at

Vancouver's University of British Columbia, said in a statement Tuesday.

She co-authored the study with psychology graduate student Beall. Their

results were published online Tuesday in the journal Emotion.

While previous studies have shown that women are judged more attractive when

they smile, the researchers believe this is the first study to show that men are

judged less attractive when they appear happy.

They suggested it was because smiling men were judged to be more feminine and

less dominant.

The study " helps to explain the enduring allure of 'bad boys' other iconic

gender types " and may " inspire online daters to update their profile photo, "

said a news release about the study.

Beall noted that the study explored first impressions and did not ask whether

they thought the people in the photos would make a partner or spouse.

" We wanted their gut reactions on carnal, sexual attraction, " he said in a

statement.

The paper said one important question for future research is to find out whether

the effects seen in judgments from photographs can be seen in live social

interactions.

The study took place in two stages.

In the first, a research assistant showed about 100 study participants

photographs of the same member of the opposite sex in four poses:

Participants were asked to rate the person's attractiveness on a scale of one to

nine, where nine was the most attractive.

In the second stage, study participants were shown photographs online. The

volunteers were divided into three categories:

The photos were categorized into the same four categories — happy, proud,

ashamed and neutral — by research assistants who did not know why the photos

were being categorized. The study participants were asked to rate the

attractiveness of the people in the photos.

In all cases, men rated " happy " women highest — above five on the scale. Proud

women were rated on average one to two points lower, and were rated lowest among

those shown the online photos.

Women consistently rated the proud men highest, with a rating of four to five.

They rated happy men about one point lower. Younger women rated happy men

lowest, while older women tended to rate happy and ashamed men equally and

neutral men lower.

The researchers suggested that shame was considered somewhat attractive in both

genders because it expresses respect for social norms.

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At 10:16 PM 5/25/2011, you wrote:

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/smiling-men-less-attractive-women-study-212823271.html

Smiling men less attractive to women: study

Personally, I don't trust any one that smiles " too much, " I

figure they are hiding something...

Ender

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At 10:16 PM 5/25/2011, you wrote:

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/smiling-men-less-attractive-women-study-212823271.html

Smiling men less attractive to women: study

Personally, I don't trust any one that smiles " too much, " I

figure they are hiding something...

Ender

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Same here. Virtually everyone who has ever tried to cheat me has been smiling at the time.

Personally, I don't trust any one that smiles "too much," I figure they are hiding something...Ender