The basic, primitive desire to reproduce with the mate that will give you the most genetically superior offspring possible, so that they will have the best possible chance at survival, and, in turn, will pass on their genes (which are half yours). |
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What causes physical attraction? There must be some way that certain qualities turn us on. For example, big tits turn guys on, but if you think about it they are just sacks of flesh. What causes this. Humans are not the only creatures that do this, animals are turned on by certain things as well. What causes this? |
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The basic, primitive desire to reproduce with the mate that will give you the most genetically superior offspring possible, so that they will have the best possible chance at survival, and, in turn, will pass on their genes (which are half yours). |
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With the case of boobs, they are very fun to play with in my experience. |
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157 is a prime number. The next prime is 163 and the previous prime is 151, which with 157 form a sexy prime triplet. Taking the arithmetic mean of those primes yields 157, thus it is a balanced prime.
Women and rhythm section first - Jaco Pastorious
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I like nice, round asses. |
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You wouldn't believe how many times I have thought this. Instead, just sit back and enjoy. Worry about it when you lose the ability to be physically attracted to something. It's fun while it lasts. Though I doubt anybody loses it. Whatever. You get my point. |
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This is a really complated subject, not easy to answer. When you ask what the 'cause' of physical attraction is, there are a few different approaches that can be taken: |
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Okay, I'm going to explain something I've been thinking for a while with 2 images (Jessica Simpson and Megan Fox): |
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Last edited by Dianeva; 02-14-2011 at 05:34 AM.
I think there's more to it than just simple programming. We see an image. We associate that image with a feeling, either something we've experienced or a projected idea about a future experience. This causes chemicals to be released in the body that cause attraction, arousal. |
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157 is a prime number. The next prime is 163 and the previous prime is 151, which with 157 form a sexy prime triplet. Taking the arithmetic mean of those primes yields 157, thus it is a balanced prime.
Women and rhythm section first - Jaco Pastorious
See, everyone's view on attraction is a bit different. We can all agree on whether someone is generally attractive or not (as long as a face is symmetrical and proportional), but everyone finds different specific qualities exceptionally attractive. |
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She actually doesn't look that young. |
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It is not that complicated for the most part. For guys, T&A is attractive. ya some guys prefer small tits or big asses but its a pretty simple formula. for women, i know most people say confidence, which is partly true. but really its just the $$$$ that matters to women. i hate it when girls are asked what they want in a man. they always say, "i just want a guy who can make me laugh" or some other malarkey like that. do you really believe this women? i have plenty of funny friends that cant pick up women. why are you lying? just be honest. you want a guy that can take care of you and future offspring. and you want a penthouse in manhattan and plenty of vacations and hand bags. |
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No, you're generalising. I don't personally go for the 'T&A' thing; for me it's mainly about facial beauty, and also a bright personality. |
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I read in some book... I forget where. That, our ancestors species that didn't stand upright, the female part used the curves ov their ass to attract their mate. Over time, when man began standing upright, evolution moved the curvature of the female ass up to the female chest... Creating BOOBIES! |
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MoSh: How about you stop trying to define everything, and just accept what you experience, and explore it.
- From the DJ of Waking Nomad!
Read The Mating Mind by Geoffrey Miller. Great book about sexual selection in humans. |
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"Someday, I think you and I are going to have a serious disagreement." -- Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis) Last of the Mohicans
I don't care how much money a guy has, if he's a dick, I won't go out with him. I won't even talk to him. Money is just a nice add on. The money-grabbing girls are probably girls you wouldn't want to date anyway. They choose material things. |
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If I may take the pessimistic philosophical view: I don't think it's possible to answer this question in a satisfying way. Even if I could spend all day describing in great detail the neural and physiological mechanisms underlying physical attraction, this mechanistic account still wouldn't explain why these processes result in the subjective experience that we identify as attraction. At some point the account must simply end with a mighty explanatory leap to, "and then attraction happens!" Similarly, listing all of the physical features of people which tend to be associated with the perception of attractiveness (as many here have attempted) doesn't explain why those features are associated with the experience of attraction. One could even take the evolutionary tack, explaining in functional terms that organisms who felt compelled by a sense of physical attraction strove harder to mate, or something along those lines, and that it therefore makes sense that this trait of feeling "attraction" has come to dominate within species. But once again, this doesn't explain where the subjective experience of attraction comes from. We can't get there from here. The experience of attraction just happens, we know when it happens, and it feels nice. So I guess you'll have to decide which non-answer to your question you most want to hear about. |
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I suppose I'm a bit strange but I can assert with confidence that money matters not the slightest bit to me. Neither does confidence, actually. If anything, confidence repels me. I've never gotten the 'sense of humor' thing. That seems a random characteristic that wouldn't at all affect what I'd find attractive. So if you're claiming that what you say applies to all women, you're wrong. I understand why you might think that, if the women you tend to be around are all that type (maybe if you live in California or Florida or something? I don't know, it's just the stereotype, maybe it's wrong). But from what I can tell, not all women are like that. It depends on where you go, what people you talk to. If I were to hang out with my aunts and cousins all the time, I'd probably think as you do. |
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Last edited by Dianeva; 02-14-2011 at 09:55 PM.
I'm not a "material girl" either. And neither have I ever tried to pursue anyone which the population at large considers handsome or beautiful. When I was growing up, I never perceived people as attractive or ugly until I spoke with them. Personality, for me, is everything. |
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Here's a question my 14 year old daughter just asked me. It seems to be true for the most part: |
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That does seem true. I’m just hypothesizing here. I might be completely wrong, and a male will have to explain the real answer. |
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This x10. They just seem better proportioned. |
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Attraction is an extremely complex thing that cannot be properly be explained by anyone here. Books have been written and seduction techniques have been formulated in an attempt to explain attraction. Even though people have formulated theories of attraction and have had great success in testing them, they only explain attraction on a shallow, narrow level. |
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