No, no… I’m not going to bitch about how those of us with unnaturally high metabolisms can’t get dates. I actually just found an interesting article about a study done by some researchers in the UC system. Apparently when women are looking for flings, they tend to go for more muscular types, but prefer us scrawny guys for the long term because we’re more emotionally sensitive and less likely to cheat.
While they’re attracted to muscular men for quick flings, female college students surveyed at two campuses said they’d choose scrawnier guys as spouses, according to new research.
While the women surveyed tend to think of muscular men as more attractive and better in bed, they also think of them as “less faithful, less likely to treat them well and be less emotionally sensitive,” said study co-author David Frederick, a psychology graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles.
But wait, there’s more!
And what of the most spectacularly built men, those who remind people of the new governor of California? Judging by the study results, they may be out of luck. Women reported an “ickiness factor” when they looked at the most muscular men, Frederick said.
“Women really associated the extreme levels of muscularity with high levels of narcissism and self involvement,” he said.
Well, you know… when they have a point, they have a point.
