subject: Are Women In The Way Of Relationships? [print this page] Are Women In The Way Of Relationships? Are Women In The Way Of Relationships?
Women prefer men who are hard to get. That was the finding of a study done at the University of Virginia. Forty-seven female undergraduates looked at 4 fake Facebook profiles of college men. The women were told which of the four had rated their Facebook profiles with high ratings, average ratings or undisclosed ratings. The women, however, gave their highest ratings to the men whose ratings were unknown not to the men who'd given them high ratings. Interestingly, the researchers believed the results would have been similar if they'd used 47 male undergraduates just as "high-minded".
Most women 51% according to a Fitness Magazine survey would give up sex for 1 year to be thin. That was only 1 of the surprising findings when 2,400 women were surveyed about diets. Forty-three percent of the women had skipped meals regularly to lose weight. Thirty-nine percent had taken diet pills and 40% went on their first diet in high school or middle school. Another study done in 2011 found 61% of women thought about what their body looks like during sex. Unfortunately, in real life the women with runway-model figures are "thin excuses" for healthy women.
Maybe women should consider birth order when looking for a mate. According to CBS's "Early Show" psychiatrist, birth order affects relationships. Supposedly, first borns crave attention, are motivated and responsible, but anxiety-prone. Middle children are easy-going, diplomatic and realistic, but unfocused and indecisive. Last borns are outgoing, rebellious and creative, but dependent. Only children are self-confident, self-reliant and academically successful, but perfectionists. Based on that, the most compatible matches are between first borns and last borns or first borns and middle children. The worst matches are between 2 first borns or 2 last borns. However, regarding romantic relationships, I'm not sure where born-agains fit in.
However, once women find it, love can last. That was the conclusion of a study published in Social Cognitive and Effective Neuroscience. The brains of 10 women and 7 men all who were still madly in love after 21 years of marriage were scanned while they looked at pictures which included their beloveds, friends and acquaintances. The scans were then compared with those of people in love for less than a year. When looking at their beloveds, the scans of both groups showed significant brain activity which could lead one to believe a child resulting from love is a "brain child".
