Women 'not impressed' by daredevils
From news.com.au today:Women 'not impressed' by daredevils
From correspondents in London
April 14, 2005
From: Reuters
DAREDEVIL men who believe they can attract women with their reckless behaviour, should think again.
A survey of 100 men and women by researchers at the University of Maine, showed women are not impressed by bungee jumping and other risky types of behaviour but actually prefer men who take fewer chances.
"Men thought women would be impressed by pointless gambles, but women in fact preferred cautious men," New Scientist magazine said today.
One theory to explain risky male behaviour is that men are showing off their strength and bravery to woo potential partners.
But researcher William Farthing said women prefer high-status males to risk-takers.
"So if he has higher status among other men, women might like him for his status, even though they don't like risk-taking itself," he said.
Duh.
Yes, he's strong, manly, and completely bloody stupid. We're real impressed by that. Everyone wants a partner who is likely to a) spend all their time planning to climb Everest, and B) likely to die before he's 30. That works. :-D
Actually, I think that presuming that men indulge in risk taking behaviours to "impress women" is simplistic anyhow. I ahte generalisations, even if I indulge in them sometimes for the sake of simplicity.
I believe some guys are addicted to adrenaline and some are born wired that way. My # 3 son, for example. If there's a risk to take, and I'm not around to yell, "THINK!!", he'll take it. He was 18 months old, taking slippery slides my older two sons (aged 5 and 3-ish at the time) wouldn't take. I came out one morning to find, at a little over 13 months old, he'd climbed up my almost-ceiling-high bookshelf and, of course, couldn't get down again. He's the one who could walk at a little under 9 months old and wants to play cricket for Australia (and probably will, determined little blighter that he is). He was a freakin' nightmare.
He still takes some inordinate risks, but for some reason never seems to hurt himself (touch wood). Bright red hair (like mine used to be) and all the stereotype implies. Great kid though. :-D
On another note:
Diana case back in French court
April 14, 2005
From: Agence France-Presse
FRANCE'S top appeals court have ordered a lower court to review the case of three photographers acquitted of charges that they broke privacy laws by taking pictures of Princess Diana on the night of her fatal accident in Paris in 1997.
Holy conspiracy theories, Batman!
The woman's dead. Let her lie down.
posted by Heather @ 7:43 am
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