Brains or Beauty?
I have a question for you. What goes into choosing a significant other? Brains or Beauty? Are you more attracted to a person because he/she is good looking or because he/she has other attractive qualities?
Researchers tell the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that their findings say the majority of men go for good looks. And that most women are much choosier about partners. Do you agree? How many times have I heard men complain that sometimes the most beautiful women are with ugly guys? Plenty. They tend to blame it on wealth or status. But it could be something else. As many of us know women are big communicators. So choosing a man who is a great communicator might also be what comes into play.
Interestingly enough the researchers also found, “Women, aware of the importance of their own attractiveness, adjusted their expectations to select the more desirable guys.” Hmm. So it appears a woman can use the beauty card to get the better man! 
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I think you’re right when you’re referring to a mature man. A man who isn’t in the college mind-set anymore generally wants to actually get to know the woman.
Yes, some girls compete to look better than one another. But it’s for the ultimate goal… to get the guy’s attention.
And thanks so much for commenting! 
I will just throw my gender under the bus and say that most men never grow out of that mind-set at all. We might intend to, we might pretend to, but in a natural state, its still there. Without some Divine intervention (and I seriously mean that), we never emotionally mature beyond about age 14.
Interesting topic, Angi. I’d like to see more of this from the Newsok.
I’ll add two notions: 1) People usually match with others who are in the same level and type of “attractiveness”; that’s why it sometimes looks as if someone has mated with their sister/brother 2) Intelligence is one avenue to respect, which I think is the true counterpart to beauty, or attractiveness
Well, since no one else is answering…I think its the outer beauty that initally attracts and the inner qualities that keep. Havent you ever met someone, and initially you don’t think that much about their appearance, but as you get to know their heart, and what kind of person they are, you begin seeing them with different eyes? Although at least 85% of all males would probably disagree with me, I think that the inner qualities of someone overpower the external appearance (usually quickly and easily). I would write a longer reply, except that I need to go check out http://www.supermodelswholikefunnyguys.com. Here is my moment of clarity…women do NOT try to look good for men, but for other women! Men really don’t care that much….thats my story and I’m sticking to it!