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Frank Cotolo
October 24, 2013 |
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Guys, want to look sexy and get the girl you want to get? Don't smile too much. Look brooding or
show a bit of shame instead - just do not wear an eye patch.
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According to researchers, women find happy men less sexually attractive than those with expressions
that show pride, hint that they have done wrong and know it or whose frown insinuates they once
wrestled with an artificial Christmas tree.
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For the study, researchers showed face-only photos of the men to women. Participants were then
asked for their initial reactions on sexual attractiveness based the expressions the men made (the
women were urged to ignore random hair jutting from nostrils).
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"Men who smile were considered fairly unattractive by women," said Tracy Trunkfire, a psychology
professor who directed the study on the condition that she is given a named parking space at a
local university. "So to the extent that men think smiling is a good thing to do if they want to
be found sexually attractive is wrong, especially if they use clown makeup to provoke the
sensation."
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Ms. Truckfire reversed the study and found that men's reaction was just the opposite.
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"Women who smile absolutely attract men, though all the men in the study asked if there were also
photos of the women's breasts they could see."
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The researchers admit they are not sure why men and women reacted differently to smiles.
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Durwood Shmeck, who assisted in the research while doing a study on why Somali pirates refuse to
eat lunch meats, said women view men smiles as too feminine or more desperate for sex.
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"Still," Durwood said, "women are attracted to guys like James Dean, Edward the vampire and male
characters who are flawed but who know it and are tortured by it. A slightly downcast expression
of shame is an appeasement gesture that hints at a need for sympathy. Women find sympathy
stimulating."
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Some women in the study who refused to make their names public confirmed what Durwood said. Here
are their remarks:
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