My husband left for work this morning and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about him since and it’s all because of what he was wearing. Am I wrong for thinking that’s totally not TMI? Haha!
For me there is nothing more pleasing to the eye than a man all tidied up and looking professional.
I watched a survey done on TV once. They took photos of three men, one a male model, one regular looking guy and one less than average looking guy. They presented the photos to women, asking which they would like to date based on their attractiveness. All of the women came back saying that the male model was by far the most appealing to them.
Obviously…
Next, they decided to introduce incomes and careers to these three photos. The male model was paired with a retail job earning him about $23,000 a year, the less than average guy received an exorbitant income with lots of zeros behind it and lavish job title, then regular Joe was placed somewhere in between the two of them.
They conducted the survey again.
This time around women came back saying that the less than average male was “sexy” and “good looking”.
Really?
I found it intriguing because I still found myself more attracted to the male model but I could also understand how a woman would now find this far below average looking man, all of a sudden much more attractive because of his income.
Shallow? On the surface yes, I guess it is.
The conclusion the testers drew from it though, is that even after all these years of women fighting for equality and shared responsibilities, when it all comes down to it we still want a partner that offers stability and strength and we’re willing to overlook automatic attraction, for those things. Subconsciously, something like a good income means that he’s obviously capable of taking care of things. This post isn’t about ‘women don’t need a man to make them feel special and take care of them’ because I do agree with that, just right now, that’s beside the point.
Apparently it all comes back to our primal instincts. I can’t remember exactly what they said made a caveman more attractive to a woman over the other men in the same area, something about the meat he caught I think but the major key was the fact that because of what he did, women knew they were more likely to survive if they paired up with him.
For me, the same thing happens when I see a man in a suit. Don’t get me wrong, I love it when my husband is outside playing basketball working up a sweat but there is just something irresistible about a man in a suit. It says he’s about to take charge of something, he’s dedicated to what he does, he knows what he’s talking about.
Whether those statements are on point or not is debatable but the fact is, I love a man in a suit, it makes something in my gut stir… in a good way.
Anyone else feel the same way?
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