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| wile a man to your trove of feminine offerings. | | | | manipulation accentuates your top while contracting |
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| do is heed their three kernels of man-tempting advice. | | | | 3. Calm down and you will look more attractive |
| For years, psychologist consumed hundreds of labs | | | | Now that you've got your man, you may want |
| hours dissecting just how men and women make | | | | something else, like a chilled Petron margarita or an |
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| seems demeaning of human nature to think that we | | | | Just remember, "Sugar and spice makes everything |
| assess other people based on some internal algorithm, | | | | nice," especially when you want something from a |
| clinical studies have demonstrated that humans are | | | | man. |
| decidedly predictable. | | | | At least that's what researchers Bruce Keisling and |
| Rather than berate ourselves for relying on our | | | | Malcolm Gynther discovered when they tested "Male |
| reptilian-programmed minds, let us take advantage of | | | | perceptions of female attractiveness". The team found |
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| 1. Create trust with cosmetics | | | | appealing than physically attractive women who |
| If you need to get something from someone else- like | | | | behaved assertively and independently. So, play |
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| that person. You don't have hours or even minutes to | | | | side. |
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| instinctual mind, or as psychologists advise, just get | | | | staying on schedule with Botox injections. Instead, your |
| your make-up right. | | | | charm, love handles and fabulous taste in Pacific blue |
| That is, apply your cosmetics as if your were Katie | | | | eyeshadow all bolster your chances of finally corralling |
| Couric getting ready for the 6 o'clock news, and not a | | | | Mr. I-Can't-Believe-You're-Not-Married-Yet at your |
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| Katie, apparently people will trust you more. | | | | Sources: |
| For example, a study presented in the Journal of | | | | Keisling, Bruce L &, Malcolm D Gynther. Male |
| Applied Social Psychology revealed men and women | | | | perceptions of female attractiveness: the effects of |
| perceived other women who wore make-up as | | | | targets' personal attributes and subjects' degree of |
| healthier and more confident than the same women | | | | masculinity. Journal of Clinical Psychology; March 1993, |
| without make-up. Participants also assumed that | | | | vol. 49, no 2, pp 190-195. |
| women wearing cosmetics enjoyed greater earning | | | | Marlowe, Frank and Adam Wetsman. Preferred |
| potential and held more prestigious jobs than the same | | | | Waist-To-Hip Ratio and Ecology. Personality and |
| women not wearing cosmetics. | | | | Individual Differences. February 2001; vol 30, no 3, pp |
| 2. Hip your way to a proposal | | | | 481-489. |
| After you get that date, you can further entice your | | | | Nash, Rebecca et al. Cosmetics: They Influence More |
| man by creating the ideal waist-to-hip ratio. Several | | | | Than Caucasian Female Facial Attractiveness. Journal |
| studies, including one in the Journal of Personality & | | | | of Applied Social Psychology; February 2006, vol. 36, |
| Social Psychology, suggest that there is a direct link | | | | no 2, pp 493-504. |
| between a woman's waste-to-hip (WTH) ratio and her | | | | Singh, Devendra. Adaptive Significance of Female |
| attractiveness rating among men. The ideal WTH | | | | Physical Attractiveness: Role of Waist-to-Hip Ratio. |
| number seems to be 0.7. | | | | Journal of Personality & Social Psychology; August |
| Creating the illusion of a 0.7 WTH ratio is easy. Plus, | | | | 1993, vol 65, no 2, pp 293-207. |
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