In reference to this article.. Stress Management, PTSD, Stress Control etc, is important…

Oh, and we also want a guy who doesn’t try so hard. ;o)

Tanya on July 10, 2007 at 2:24 PM

bwahahahahah
Dam I almost feel sorry for the guys.

Women want a guy who is muscular but not too muscular, sensitive but not too sensitive, strong but not too strong, weak but not too weak, etc. What women want is still a mystery and men are still going to try 10,006 different things apiece to try to figure out how to get one

Oh, and we also want a guy who doesn’t try so hard. ;o)

“No more yankie my wankie…the Donger need food!”

This is why I need the iPhone, people.

So, you’re saying you aren’t the image of Adonis.

It’s pretty easy to tell the difference between naturally big and steroids, IMO.

PRCalDude on July 9, 2007 at 2:50 PM

Isn’t that right, Barry?

In shape men have a quality that is likened to that preposterous peaock tail?
Huh? Since when have muscles been extraneous?
More toned the guy, the more testosterone makes them aggressive? Huh? Never have witnessed proof of that. Usually, in shape guys are much calmer than out of shape guys as they have found an outlet for their built-up energy and burned it off in a safe manner. That’s why sports and academics actually complement each other. Athletes focus better.

naliaka on July 9, 2007 at 6:12 PM

Unfortunately, naliaka, there is an unwarranted coalescing of two vastly different thoughts involved in that misapprehension you refer to. You are exactly correct that physical activity relieves stress and “burns off” pent-up energy that might otherwise produce some forms of malicious behavior. However, many people making such comments are referring to users of physical enhacements such as steroids, which both increase muscle mass AND the sort of hormonal energy which should be applied to physical activity. Sadly, there are people who feel the need to compensate in such ways, and there are many bad side effects, including reduction of immune function, undesirable alterations of physiology, loss of mental focus, and “roid-rage”.

Physically active men who stick to natural diets are, for the most part, exactly as you describe. But men are competitive beasts, especially when they think it will affect how well they attract women, and some will use any advantage they can, even if it turns out deadly for them.

That these researchers felt the need to study the obvious is a testament to their lack of common sense.

Then it was 1,247 posts on the iPhone…

Now it’s iPhone + pictures of hairless Asian dudes swinging from each other wangs. I’m shocked you didn’t work Rosie in there too.

Looks like this site just turned gayer than Bill Schulz licking Ryan Seacrest’s ear in the back of Toyota Scion while listening to a Freddie Mercury dance remix CD. Yeeeeesh, you might as well start lobbying for HotAir to be in the Logo Channel’s fall TV schedule…

Awww, poor AllahP…

Mazztek on July 9, 2007 at 2:18 PM

Ok, like where do I find the original for that?

- The Cat

Hawkins1701 on July 9, 2007 at 6:36 PM

In a related note, the ladies love Sarkozy.

But women preferred long-term mates to be not so well-built — they think they’re more romantic and faithful.

I don’t know. Here in NYC, because so many women are feminists and hard core liberals, for them relationships are business deals. Indeed, for most of the women here in general…looks (yes, we guys also are attracted to a woman by her looks…most definitely!),size,job, type of car, type of friends, bank account etc.,is what really seems to matter to NYC women (yes, I know, I know, there are some exceptions)when a man asks them for a date and if she wants to jump in bed with him. Being more faithful and more romantic doesn’t really seem to have anything to do with it. Indeed, a faithful guy is a nice guy, and nice guys in too many situations tend to sleep alone, right ladies? This is why I believe that such studies really cannot apply to NYC.

But, as we see in some of the postings here by some ladies, exceptions DO exist. Well, ladies, the men in your lives are lucky guys.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=895442

They measure the amount of additional income needed by a prospective date in order to offset such unattractive features as being of the wrong race.

Do real men eat quiche or use iPhones?

Wade on July 9, 2007 at 2:28 PM

Real men eat anything they want, and we don’t worry about what lower orders think about it. Same for electronic devices. You want an Iphone AP, go for it.

Good news on the home front.

Regarding the general thesis: Who knew taking care yourself helps to attract a mate? Shocker. It also has the benefit of irritating the French left.

Regard the specifics: A study of people at the gym seems, ahem, as serious waste of time.

Spirit of 1776 on July 9, 2007 at 3:15 PM

Here’s the first line of the linked article”

“President Sarkozy has fallen foul of intellectuals and critics who see his passion for jogging as un-French, right-wing and even a ploy to brainwash his citizens.”

‘Nuff said.

Thus, Frederick says, muscles are “indicators of mate quality” because — like that preposterous tail — they “demonstrate an ability to flourish in the face of what’s really a drag on the system.”

In shape men have a quality that is likened to that preposterous peaock tail?
Huh? Since when have muscles been extraneous?
More toned the guy, the more testosterone makes them aggressive? Huh? Never have witnessed proof of that. Usually, in shape guys are much calmer than out of shape guys as they have found an outlet for their built-up energy and burned it off in a safe manner. That’s why sports and academics actually complement each other. Athletes focus better.
“Agenda slips” showing everywhere. This seems to have been written by the type of people who recommend pumping healthy boys up with Ritalin instead of letting them out at regular intervals to climb trees.
So, why do women like country boys, farmer’s tans and old pickup trucks? If a guy can pick up a bale of hay and carry it off, he’ll have no trouble picking up that gal and carrying her off too. She will have of course pre-positioned herself in such a manner as to be eminently pick-uppable.
AP, better get an iPhone with adjustable weights on it.

OK AP I have done everything in my power to help you in your noble quest for iPhonage, the rest young padwan is up to you…

This is why I need the iPhone, people.

Dude, you’ve got to get over this iPhone.. it sucks anyway.

Score something sweet like this (which I’m having trouble talking myself out of right now, because I don’t really need it… but it’s sweet!):

http://www.woot.com/

If you want it, get it quick. Woot offers items for only 24 hours, and usually they sell out before the new item appears at 1AM ET. This thing can be used like a DVR with the included travel adapter, but from what I’ve read you’d be even better off if you spent $60-80 on the “DVR station” too. Either way, this thing is sick. Keep your phone, get one of these, and screw the iPhone man, seriously.