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The Perceived Effectiveness Of Women’S Pick-Up Lines: Do Age And Personality Matter?, T. Joel Wade, Maryanne Fisher, Lauren Gaines
The Perceived Effectiveness Of Women’S Pick-Up Lines: Do Age And Personality Matter?, T. Joel Wade, Maryanne Fisher, Lauren Gaines
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One way to initiate a conversation for the purposes of mate attraction is to use a pickup line. While past research has addressed men’s use of pick-up lines, there has been far less research on those used by women. Here, we explored the perceived effectiveness of women’s pick-up lines, particularly with regard to one’s age but also as correlated with their Big Five personality factors. We hypothesized that both men and women would rate the same pick-up lines as effective and that older participants would rate pick-up lines as more effective than younger participants. Our results indicate that women’s use …
On A Pedestal: High Heels And The Perceived Attractiveness And Evolutionary Fitness Of Women, T. Joel Wade, Rebecca L. Burch, Maryanne L. Fisher, Haley Casper
On A Pedestal: High Heels And The Perceived Attractiveness And Evolutionary Fitness Of Women, T. Joel Wade, Rebecca L. Burch, Maryanne L. Fisher, Haley Casper
Faculty Journal Articles
We analyzed the responses of 448 participants who completed questions on attractiveness and other evolutionary fitness related traits, and long- and short-term mating potential, of a woman in either high heeled or flat shoes. We hypothesized that the woman in high heels would be rated as more attractive and evolutionarily fit by both men and women, and preferred for short-term mating by men. The hypothesis was partially supported. The woman in high heels was perceived as being more sexually attractive, physically attractive, feminine, and of a higher status. Additionally, women rated women as having a higher status regardless of the …