To my female readers, this will likely not be a surprise: a recent survey based on data collected from the website OKCupid found women are not very receptive to approaches from men who initially remark on their physical appearance rather than their interests:
“Mentioning someone’s level of attractiveness decreased the likelihood of getting a response (for both men and women), though men were more likely to mention looks. But general compliments about one’s profile increased the likelihood of getting a response.”
This negates the theory behind The Game, as we’ve discussed in past posts here: the instructions therein suggest that attractive women are not responsive to compliments because they hear them so often, so men should approach them with insults (e.g. negging) to get their attention. But, in fact, it would seem that what women really want is for men to take an interest in them as people, rather than objects worthy of either positive or negative assessment, which is exceptionally tiresome.
I know, girls, it’s not exactly groundbreaking - but always nice to have some charts and graphs to confirm what we already know, is it not?
