| It's Saturday night. You've just downed your second | | | | clothing to simulate the 0.7 WTH ratio. For instance, if |
| post-work apple-tini and now you're surveying your | | | | your hip and waist size are roughly the same, wear a |
| Sex In the City wardrobe for a get-up destined to | | | | dress that is close fitting on the top and waist area but |
| entrap Mr. Huck-A-Burning-Love later tonight. Hold it! | | | | that flares out below the waist to create the illusion of |
| While surveying your garbs, you might want to | | | | a larger hip size. |
| consider other subtle- not to mention cheap- ways to | | | | On the other hand, if your hips are substantially wider |
| wile a man to your trove of feminine offerings. | | | | than your waist, you will want to accentuate your top |
| In fact, an army of psychologists has already done | | | | by wearing a loose-fitting blouse or shirt. Then |
| most of the date-baiting work for you. All you need to | | | | complement the top with jeans or a skirt that reveals |
| do is heed their three kernels of man-tempting advice. | | | | the contours of your lower body. This clothing |
| For years, psychologist consumed hundreds of labs | | | | manipulation accentuates your top while contracting |
| hours dissecting just how men and women make | | | | your bottom to pull your overall shape closer to the 0.7 |
| decisions based on a person's appearance. Though it | | | | man-enrapturing ratio. |
| seems demeaning of human nature to think that we | | | | 3. Calm down and you will look more attractive |
| assess other people based on some internal algorithm, | | | | Now that you've got your man, you may want |
| clinical studies have demonstrated that humans are | | | | something else, like a chilled Petron margarita or an |
| decidedly predictable. | | | | ethereal foot massage. |
| Rather than berate ourselves for relying on our | | | | Just remember, "Sugar and spice makes everything |
| reptilian-programmed minds, let us take advantage of | | | | nice," especially when you want something from a |
| such canal instincts in order to get the affectations we | | | | man. |
| need. | | | | At least that's what researchers Bruce Keisling and |
| 1. Create trust with cosmetics | | | | Malcolm Gynther discovered when they tested "Male |
| If you need to get something from someone else- like | | | | perceptions of female attractiveness". The team found |
| a car loan, job or date- you need to evoke trust with | | | | that men viewed physically "unattractive" women who |
| that person. You do not have hours or even minutes | | | | displayed feelings of affection and compassion more |
| to form this relationship- you must command trust in a | | | | appealing than physically attractive women who |
| matter of nanoseconds. To do this, appeal to a man's | | | | behaved assertively and independently. So, play |
| instinctual mind, or as psychologists advise, just get | | | | lovable, huggable you to get on your man's "Hottie" |
| your make-up right. | | | | side. |
| That is, apply your cosmetics as if your were Katie | | | | In short, rejoice in knowing that turning a man's head is |
| Couric getting ready for the 6 o'clock news, and not a | | | | more than a matter of mimicking a Maxim pinup or |
| Las Vegas showgirl, with all due respect, getting ready | | | | staying on schedule with Botox injections. Instead, your |
| to open a Wayne Newton concert. If you do copy | | | | charm, love handles and fabulous taste in Pacific blue |
| Katie, apparently people will trust you more. | | | | eyeshadow all bolster your chances of finally corralling |
| For example, a study presented in the Journal of | | | | Mr. I-Can't-Believe-You're-Not-Married-Yet at your |
| Applied Social Psychology revealed men and women | | | | favorite watering spot. Happy hunting and even |
| perceived other women who wore make-up as | | | | happier slurping. |
| healthier and more confident than the same women | | | | Sources: |
| without make-up. Participants also assumed that | | | | Keisling, Bruce L &, Malcolm D Gynther. Male |
| women wearing cosmetics enjoyed greater earning | | | | perceptions of female attractiveness: the effects of |
| potential and held more prestigious jobs than the same | | | | targets' personal attributes and subjects' degree of |
| women not wearing cosmetics. | | | | masculinity. Journal of Clinical Psychology; March 1993, |
| 2. Hip your way to a proposal | | | | vol. 49, no 2, pp 190-195. |
| After you get that date, you can further entice your | | | | Marlowe, Frank and Adam Wetsman. Preferred |
| man by creating the ideal waist-to-hip ratio. Several | | | | Waist-To-Hip Ratio and Ecology. Personality and |
| studies, including one in the Journal of Personality & | | | | Individual Differences. February 2001; vol 30, no 3, pp |
| Social Psychology, suggest that there is a direct link | | | | 481-489. |
| between a woman's waste-to-hip (WTH) ratio and her | | | | Nash, Rebecca et al. Cosmetics: They Influence More |
| attractiveness rating among men. The ideal WTH | | | | Than Caucasian Female Facial Attractiveness. Journal |
| number seems to be 0.7. | | | | of Applied Social Psychology; February 2006, vol. 36, |
| Creating the illusion of a 0.7 WTH ratio is easy. Plus, | | | | no 2, pp 493-504. |
| you don't have to have a 24-inch waist to make this | | | | Singh, Devendra. Adaptive Significance of Female |
| work. In fact, it might help to have a 38-inch waist as | | | | Physical Attractiveness: Role of Waist-to-Hip Ratio. |
| long as you can pull off the golden 0.7 ratio. | | | | Journal of Personality & Social Psychology; August |
| Regardless of your natural shape, you can adjust your | | | | 1993, vol 65, no 2, pp 293-207. |