Sexiness Singled Out

When a man and woman meet for the first time, the man is more likely to think about sex. That’s the finding of a study in Psychology of Women Quarterly. Scientists studied 43 men and 43 women. Researchers paired men and women who didn’t know each other. Each pair sat at a table and chatted for five minutes. The researchers gave the pairs a little advice: break the ice by introducing yourself, and then talk about positive and negative college experiences. Later, they completed surveys about their partner.

When a man and woman meet for the first time, the man is more likely to think about sex. That’s the finding of a study in Psychology of Women Quarterly. Scientists studied 43 men and 43 women. Researchers paired men and women who didn’t know each other. Each pair sat at a table and chatted for five minutes. The researchers gave the pairs a little advice: break the ice by introducing yourself, and then talk about positive and negative college experiences. Later, they completed surveys about their partner. The results: men gave their partners higher sexual ratings if they found her physically attractive. While men noted women’s friendliness and agreeability, those traits didn’t affect their ratings of their partner’s sexiness. Women were different. If they gave their partner high sexual ratings, they also gave him high ratings for attractiveness, extroversion and agreeableness. ‘If a man was perceived to be physically attractive, he was also assumed to have many other positive qualities (sexual and nonsexual),’ researchers write.

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