What Do Women Want? Depends on Time of the Month

[TheMathieu]

A meta-analysis of women’s preferences for mates suggests that ovulating women have evolved to prefer men who display sexy traits, such as a masculine body type and facial features, dominant behavior and certain scents — traits that are not typically desired in a long-term partner.

For the study, researchers at the University of California-Los Angeles (ULCA) analyzed dozens of published and unpublished studies on how women’s preferences for mates change throughout the menstrual cycle.

They found that the desire for these masculine characteristics — thought to be signs of high genetic quality — don’t last all month, just the few days in a woman’s cycle when she is most likely to pass on genes that give her offspring a better chance of surviving.

“Women sometimes get a bad rap for being fickle, but the changes they experience are not arbitrary,” said Dr. Martie Haselton, a professor of psychology and communication studies at UCLA and the paper’s senior author. “Women experience intricately patterned preference shifts even though they might not serve any function in the present.”

http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/02/16/what-do-women-want-depends-on-time-of-the-month/65940.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

[seabeyond]

1. they want the gorgeous young hot man instead of old rich dude? well, there goes that ole evo crap

[JustAnotherGen]

2. +1000

. That's the way it worked out at Chez De Adrienne.

[seabeyond]

3. young mostly want the young, unless there is a reason. THAT would be nature. without stroking male

ego.

there s an average two yr difference in marriage. if not reason, fact works.

[justiceischeap]

4. Problem I see with this as a woman

is I'm a lesbian. This doesn't really apply to me... So, though you think you're being clever with this post, you really aren't. And what about married women? I'd guess they already have what they "want."

[seabeyond]

5. exactly to all you say. and hey....

i hardly see you on here. but what, about a year ago, there was that irritating little rape week we had going on. you said something that was such a duh, in my face, so obvious that i had not seen. that i appreciated so much. i want to thank you. the explanation how rape porn, cannot be "rape" porn. you patiently explained it out. once seen. cannot unsee. lol. so obvious, and an of course. and something i had not thought of. so, thank you for providing that simple logic. i appreciate it. in growth and understanding. it is with all of us.

[TheMathieu]

6. No agenda here.

Except for being genuinely curious to see how different people responded.

Psychcentral seems to be mostly full of shit, IMHO.

[blogslut]

7. Those four paragraphs are so full of condescension

...that I shall not bother to read the rest.