Tell if someone wants a one night stand by their face??

[JTchinoy]

Came across an interesting article about reading what someone wants based on their physical features:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=558233&in_page_id=1766&ito=1490

How a man can tell from the eyes which girl wants a one-night stand
By FIONA MACRAE - More by this author » Last updated at 10:42am on 9th April 2008

It is one of the main questions on an amorous young man's mind - how can you tell whether a girl might be interested in a one-night stand without having to waste precious time in small talk?

Similarly, an eligible young lady might be keen to know whether the chap chatting her up is the type who's ready to settle down and raise a family.

It turns out that the answers have been staring them in the face.

A study suggests that we can judge a person's attitudes towards relationships simply by studying his or her features.

Men looking for a quick dalliance should set their sights on the doe-eyed look typified by actresses Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci.

And women on the hunt for a husband should give macho types such as Bruce Willis the cold shoulder and instead seek out men with the soft features of Leonardo DiCaprio, according to a team from Durham University.

The researchers asked 700 men and women how they felt about one-night stands.

The volunteers were then asked to judge the attitude of others to casual sex from passport-style photographs and rate their attractiveness.

Up to 72 per cent correctly identified others' attitudes towards sex more than half the time, the journal Evolution and Human Behaviour reports.

The study also showed that men find women who are interested in casual sex attractive, while women are drawn towards less promiscuous types.

Interestingly, this held true even when the volunteers couldn't work out the person's attitudes towards relationships.

Researcher Dr Lynda Boothroyd said: "Even although the men couldn't always tell which women were more strongly interested in short-term sex, they were very strongly attracted to the women who were.

"The women were very strongly attracted to the guys who were interested in commitment."

Macho men with square jaws, prominent noses and small eyes were seen as being more open to casual sex than males with softer features.

"The perfect feminine features in a women are big eyes and a smallish jaw," said Dr Boothroyd.

"Lindsay Lohan, Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci have these."

It is thought the phenomenon has its roots deep in evolution, with men who sow their wild oats being more likely to pass on their genes to the next generation.

Women, on the other hand, gain little from being free with their favours and prefer stable types who will provide for them and their children.

Co-researcher Dr Ben Jones, of the University of Aberdeen, said: "Lots of studies have shown that people can judge a lot about a person from their face, including things like health and even some personality traits like introversion.

"But this really is the first study to show that people are also sensitive to subtle facial signals about the type of romantic relationships that others might enjoy."

Previous research by Dr Boothroyd has shown that women perceive macho types as being cold, domineering and unfaithful. In contrast, feminine-looking men are regarded as warm, caring and committed - and ideal father material.

[Tony]

You fool! Releasing this, here?! That's like giving a bad shot a bigger gun.  ;D

[JTchinoy]

The truth must be told!!!

[Makou]

'Cause physiognomy has gone a long way  :-\
The bumps on your head say that you're good in bed.
The scar on your right eye tells me that you're a really friendly person.


"Oh, God! I just found out that I really like to sue people for judging me as insecure and sex-hungry! I AM IN DESPAIR!"

[Glitch]

*Looks at different thread locks.* The gold one looks nice, but this silver one over here would help you guys compliment the board better.

[short_storiesgl]

Your looking for Trouble JT.

[Jun-Watarase]

Jeez, chill out people. He's looking for a discussion when people seemingly can't handle that here, but I don't think anyone cares enough to actually discuss this anyway.

Anyways, if you wanted someone to say something on-topic, I think the whole idea of telling whether or not someone wants a one-night stand be their face is stupid. People understand others through body language in general, but if you start looking for features on their face people are born with, you see how irrational that is. Softer features does not equal a sign that people want commitment, nor does more aggressive-looking features equal promiscuity. People vary in terms of personality, sexuality, and preferences-- of which you cannot judge by looking at someone's face. You can say that people judge on body language, clothing, expressions, gestures, and how they carry themselves, but faces? Come on.

[JTchinoy]

Your looking for Trouble JT.

I thought you like drama?

I post these things here because I know there are many people who find my views to be bullshit (to quote them) and I think to hear these same people give their opinions on information from "reputable" researchers will be interesting.  As much as all of you spam this with your 1 liners, I'm pretty much waiting for people with real responses, like the one Jun posted. 

Also in response to you Jun, this article would couple nicely (to me) with the theme that my question in the "talk to girls panel" in which I asked mikey and the others about "athletic" vs. "curvy" shaped women; that theme is "based on body characteristics ALONE, what kind of person should I be looking for?"

It's true that reading body language is important to determining what someone's intent is, but I think these studies seem to focus on who to approach without talking to them.

I think reading someone's body language is for while you're talking to them or engaged in some sort of activity with them (like dancing), but these are for who to approach.  Maybe I'm just terrible at reading people and can't tell if a girl that I've never talked to wants me just by looking at her.

Would you give the possibility, Jun, that people of similar facial features may have similar subconscious desires?

[zoupzuop2]

(Pre-post Post-Script: I use some rough language--not necessarily swaring, but pretty coarse-- in this post. If it's a bit much I can tone it down, just let me know.)

As much as I'd like to denounce this sort of thing as bunk, I've had instances of being able to tell things about certain people just by looking at them, very often. For instance, at work. I can not only tell which customers want Paper bags instead of plastic (and, in fact, how they'll ask for it), but if they'll bother being kind to any of us behind the checkstand. I've also been able to tell which children are legitimately crying due to their parents being mean or something (believe me, some of them really can be), or if it's because they didn't get the Twix Bar or that Dora The Explorer coloring book. It very much has to do with their eyes; features, not so often, but their eyes can give away a LOT of information. I've been wrong about those things too, but more often I've been right.

However, I must protest one of their underlying themes-- that "guys" (in general) are just out for sex. Ooh, goody! It's not a stereotype if it's about a "majority" group! Maybe they should start telling "white people jokes" too! HI-FRICKIN'-LARIOUS!</sarcasm> Ugh, puh-leeze. While they don't state it explicitly, they seem to give off this idea that MOST guys want sex every few hours and that most girls want a "big strong pretty man" to hold them tight forever~ </exaggeration>. Believe it or not, there's quite a few guys-- in ANY town-- that think with their BIGGER head (the one on their shoulders) about what they're doing with their lives, and quite a few girls -- in ANY town-- that are looking for action... REGARDLESS of their physical features. Some girls I know are even more aggressive about sex than a good chunk of the guys I know!!
And, who's to say that the "soft"-looking guys aren't out for sex too? Maybe they're just quieter about it, or slower on the pace. Say, a date or two later, instead of the "instant action" guys the article seems to tote.

Also, consider the margin of accuracy. 72%. While a "majority", that's still pretty low. Think of it like a C-. They "passed"-- in this case, were fairly accurate-- but not all that strongly.


Now, THERE'S a total sex knight. Shinnnnnng~!

[JTchinoy]

That man wants to fuck. o.o
And now for an actual reply.

I think the underlying theme may be due to the fact that those 2 stereotypes (1 night stand guys and relationship girls) are indeed stereotypes.  Maybe the scientist who did the study came from the era of typical guys and typical girls. 

Now that I think about it, it may not even need to be stereotypes; it can just be because that's how each gender typically talks. (From my experience)  Your typical guy will TALK about "damn I need some pussy" or "Hook it up with a girl" or the well known activity of guys picking up girls at bars.  No I'm not being stereotypical.  Let's not forget guys wanting "friends with benefits" or "friend to fuck".  I always hear about this from my guy friends.  Your mainstream typical guy will "hit it" given the chance if a girl is good looking enough and that is often a topic among them.  It's not always the main topic, but it's like a side topic that comes in and out of the conversations a lot.  It doesn't mean this is all that guys want, but it seems so based on the common conversations.

I SELDOM hear similar kind of talk from a girl.  Yes I do realize girls are equally horny as guys, not all girls want relationships and some are more horny than your average guy.  Those girls, from my experience AGAIN, are not very easy to come across.  Maybe it's because I'm a guy and girls don't talk openly to me about sexual stuff, although there are many who are comfortable about it enough to do so.  The times that I do talk to girls about sex, however, the most common thing I will hear is stuff beating around the bush of "I wouldn't sleep with just any guy, given the chance.  There has to be some sort of connection." 

As stated before, most guys don't have criteria beyond a girl being cute or hot to sleep with them... or so they say.  Based on how I hear both genders TALK, not act, the underlying theme would be valid criteria to make the study for.

[Tony]

You guys are fun.  ;D Like I'm going to lock this based on its topic...

Re-reading the article, I wasn't terribly impressed. The important part is that 72% of participants had a better-than-random success rate at determining the sexual attitudes of other participants based on their physical characteristics. Think about that for a second: 28% of the participants would have been better off flipping a coin, and the other 72% had accuracies ranging from "slightly more successful than guessing" to "actually accurate" - 51% to 100% - a huge range.

Since the article didn't specify the accuracies of the successful group, the article doesn't lend any concrete, practical advice - one way or the other - at all. So my advice is to use better criteria than things like "is this girl doe-eyed?" and instead consider concepts like "is this girl interesting to me?"

[Glitch]

Jeez, chill out people. He's looking for a discussion when people seemingly can't handle that here, but I don't think anyone cares enough to actually discuss this anyway.

I was just predicting what would happen seeing how the Clueless Guys thread "thrived". If an actual conversation that doesn't involve high school ranting does develop, I will eat my hat made from chocolate.