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→Men are attracted to "nice" women, but women are not attracted to "nice" men: "On the other hand, ''when women perceived their male partner to be more responsive, they were less attracted to the man." study does not claim this, the effect for male responsiveness on women's attraction to men was non-significant. changed the wording in the Tracy and Bealle study, as their second study found smiling men were judged as more attractive than men with a neutral expression
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The researchers found that men who perceived possible female partners as responsive found them to be "more feminine and more attractive." They also found that when men found women to be responsive, it led to a heightened sexual arousal from the men and greater desire for a relationship. | The researchers found that men who perceived possible female partners as responsive found them to be "more feminine and more attractive." They also found that when men found women to be responsive, it led to a heightened sexual arousal from the men and greater desire for a relationship. | ||
There was no significant relationship between male responsiveness and women's attraction to the men. | |||
Related to this, a study by Tracy and Beall (2011) found that women were | Related to this, a study by Tracy and Beall (2011) found that women were less attracted to smiling happy men, compared to men displaying pride or shame. | ||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''Discussion:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''Discussion:'''</span> | ||
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The Internet is full of women claiming the reason they "don't give [[nice guy]]s a chance" is that those "[[nice guy]]s" are not actually truly "nice". The more scientifically valid explanation for this behavior based on these findings is that a man's niceness does not appear to be sexually valued by women at all or is perhaps even negatively valued. | The Internet is full of women claiming the reason they "don't give [[nice guy]]s a chance" is that those "[[nice guy]]s" are not actually truly "nice". The more scientifically valid explanation for this behavior based on these findings is that a man's niceness does not appear to be sexually valued by women at all or is perhaps even negatively valued. | ||
An interesting addition is that nice men have substantially lower economic success. In Judge et al. (2012), men | An interesting addition is that nice men have substantially lower economic success. In Judge et al. (2012), nice men (judged by them being one standard deviation higher in agreeableness), had ''an 18.3% lower income''. For women it's 5.47% lower, but they are more agreeable and tend to occupy positions of lower status to begin with. | ||
It pays off being disagreeable, in life as a whole, and doubly so with women because women also prefer men with high income. | It pays off being disagreeable, in life as a whole, and doubly so with women because women also prefer men with high income. | ||