Sunday, April 27, 2008

Why Beautiful Women Marry Less Attractive Men

This week's tutorial touched on attractiveness. Before this class, I stumbled on an article online which I thought was very interesting and accurate actually.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080410/sc_livescience/whybeautifulwomenmarrylessattractivemen

What do you think? Is it true that the guy will work harder at keeping faithful towards his girlfriend or wife if she is gorgeous?

Sad news for us girls who have to wake up to a not good-looking face. Hahahaha....But good news for guys for we girls are not that superficial. Darn. Pity the girls.

10 comments:

jessica said...

I'd like this is almost the same like why some women like to play hard to get. The harder the man gets the woman, he'll appreciate her more somehow. So when the wife is better looking compared to the husband, man might think that with this look of his, he's very fortunate to have such a pretty wife and thus appreciate her more. Agree?

Jaja said...

Well, I can't deny that looks do play an important role especially when it is the first date for 2 people. This is because first impression are always base on what a person see. However, shouldn't characters play an important role as well? There are cases of people getting separation from their significant other due to characters like their handsome husband are treating them badly or their beautiful wives are being irresponsible. So basically I don't think looks should determine how a person should be treated in a relationship.

Anonymous said...

Character certainly plays an important role in maintaining a relationship. Heard of this line, 'Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable'?

Girls look for security from guys. If a guy can give her that, she can stay for long. It's not about the looks for girls. For guys, having a hot girlfriend boosts his ego. It makes him work hard at making his girl stay by his side. The difficult part is - how?

Girls who have above-average looks know very well that they are gorgeous, so all the more they are cautious with their choice of boyfriends. Unless they are tai-tai wannabes, no girls would wanna be known as trophey wives.

But at least that's one way to keep a guy.

cHrissy said...

Actually, we cant say that it is definitely true that all beautiful women marry less attractive men. Look at David Becks and Victoria Becks. The guy is handsome and the girl is pretty. And I totally agree with jaja. There is more to a relationship other than looks. It is true that we look for parnters that are presentable to other. It is kinda like a show-off for us too. In a way, it helps boost our self-esteem by having a good-looking parnter. Anyhow, the decision still lies in the person choosing and the person being chosen.

Anonymous said...

Haha. I have often had similar conversations with my friends. Do looks really come first? More often than not, it would mostly be the girls who argue that no, it's the personality that counts. However, one question is, do we find ourselves more willing to talk to someone with attractive looks or a plain jane? But of course, only time will tell. After all, you can't depend on looks for the rest of your life.

Me said...

i'd say, it must be the secure feeling for those beauties.this is just my own opinion, though it is quite subjective, but i still gonna write it here, beauties are always followed by their admirers. therefore, they, of course, have several boyfriends. at the first time, everyone will like to have a handsome partner, especially for beauties, they are under some "peers' judgment" hehe. however, as time goes, they all found that handsomes do not like to stay in a stable relationships, ha, so do the beauties. in conclusion, they marry to less attractive men, because they think they are safe in this relationships, their man are not attractive to other women.

Archie said...

I think that women as said by jessica play hard to get, because they know that they are attractive and thus want to make sure that they will find a man would would appreciate for her for who she is and not for what she looks like. But i think that is applies the same for the opposite gender as well.

Anonymous said...

Say, how many times have you wondered about or cursed your luck after seeing a less attractive guy/girl compared to youself who is holding hands with somewho is much more attractive? Dare you still say looks do not play a part in relationship at least in the initial stages of a relationship?

Pinky said...

but sometimes guys just choose harder targets, maybe cos of their egos? if you achieve something hard to get = YOU ARE GOOD!!! isn't that right? hahaha... and not to look at the evolutionary theory part of that as well... people wana find good partners to bear good looking children as well.. so it all comes round to what they really want...

xuan said...

Females and males have different traits in the first place. Females are said to be more emotional while males tend to be more logical. Thus, able to satisfy females emotional needs is more important while on the other hand, males feels that having a pretty partner seems more logical