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One of my sister's friends, a short average looking bald gay man is constantly hit on by very attractive women (he lives and works in NYC). He says it might be due to the fact that he is totally non-plussed by beautiful women (since he has no sexual interest in them) There is always desensitization training. In one day, you could probably approach fifty attractive women and effectively tame your fear. I've never done…
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I thought it was about how women aren't primarily attracted to intelligence (unless you mean a different article)? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=567807
It was this one actually. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=799344 However, its only about birds... I'd forgotten that. Oh well, I still wonder if it happens to guys who are trying to show off their intelligence (probably a decent strategy in some limited circumstances).
One of my sister's friends, a short average looking bald gay man is constantly hit on by very attractive women (he lives and works in NYC). He says it might be due to the fact that he is totally non-plussed by beautiful women (since he has no sexual interest in them) There is always desensitization training. In one day, you could probably approach fifty attractive women and effectively tame your fear. I've never done…
> He says it might be due to the fact that he is totally non-plussed by beautiful women (since he has no sexual interest in them) I was somewhat nonplussed by this statement until I read this: http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/nonplussed?view=uk
When a man meets a pretty woman, he is what we call 'reproductively focused'. I guess this is the scientific term for horny.
I could tell you that without a "research study". And any of my grandparents were also aware of it. These kind of studies leave me a bad taste. It's as if they ran out of funds and want to produce something entertaining that sells stories and that looks like real research. It also promotes sexism. I mean, what would be the natural conclusion coming out of such a study? Stay away from beautiful women? Don't hire them…
When a man meets a pretty woman, he is what we call 'reproductively focused'. I guess this is the scientific term for horny.
I wouldn't call it reproductively focused, that's way more than most men think when they meet a pretty woman. I'd say carnally focused; reproductively focused comes a few hours later if they've forgotten a condom.
Hacker News itself is 94% male, according to the poll that was up a while ago. That's a ratio that goes unmatched at the nerdiest tech schools.
I could tell you that without a "research study". And any of my grandparents were also aware of it. These kind of studies leave me a bad taste. It's as if they ran out of funds and want to produce something entertaining that sells stories and that looks like real research. It also promotes sexism. I mean, what would be the natural conclusion coming out of such a study? Stay away from beautiful women? Don't hire them…
Yet I hope the article is not being upvoted as startup advice: "Don't hire beautiful women."
Perhaps heterosexual men can also train themselves to think of beautiful women as people first instead of as sex objects primarily.
I could tell you that without a "research study". And any of my grandparents were also aware of it. These kind of studies leave me a bad taste. It's as if they ran out of funds and want to produce something entertaining that sells stories and that looks like real research. It also promotes sexism. I mean, what would be the natural conclusion coming out of such a study? Stay away from beautiful women? Don't hire them…
Unless they fake the data, researchers do not have control over the results. Yet I hope the article is not being upvoted as startup advice: "Don't hire beautiful women." Perhaps heterosexual men can also train themselves to think of beautiful women as people first instead of as sex objects primarily.