| Copyright (c) 2007 Naweko Nicole Dial | | | | is close fitting on the top and waist area |
| | | | but that flares out below the waist to create |
| It's Saturday night. You've just downed your | | | | the illusion of a larger hip size. |
| second post-work apple-tini and now you're | | | | |
| surveying your Sex In the City wardrobe for a | | | | On the other hand, if your hips are |
| get-up destined to entrap Mr. | | | | substantially wider than your waist, you will |
| Huck-A-Burning-Love later tonight. Hold it! | | | | want to accentuate your top by wearing a |
| While surveying your garbs, you might want to | | | | loose-fitting blouse or shirt. Then |
| consider other subtle- not to mention cheap- | | | | complement the top with jeans or a skirt that |
| ways to wile a man to your trove of feminine | | | | reveals the contours of your lower body. This |
| offerings. | | | | clothing manipulation accentuates your top |
| | | | while contracting your bottom to pull your |
| In fact, an army of psychologists has already | | | | overall shape closer to the 0.7 |
| done most of the date-baiting work for you. | | | | man-enrapturing ratio. |
| All you need to 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 hours dissecting just how men and women | | | | Now that you've got your man, you may want |
| make decisions based on a person's | | | | something else, like a chilled Petron |
| appearance. Though it seems demeaning of | | | | margarita or an ethereal foot massage. |
| human nature to think that we assess other | | | | |
| people based on some internal algorithm, | | | | Just remember, "Sugar and spice makes |
| clinical studies have demonstrated that | | | | everything nice," especially when you want |
| humans are decidedly predictable. | | | | something from a man. |
| | | | |
| Rather than berate ourselves for relying on | | | | At least that's what researchers Bruce |
| our reptilian-programmed minds, let us take | | | | Keisling and Malcolm Gynther discovered when |
| advantage of such canal instincts in order to | | | | they tested "Male perceptions of female |
| get the affectations we need. | | | | attractiveness". The team found that men |
| | | | viewed physically "unattractive" women who |
| 1. Create trust with cosmetics | | | | displayed feelings of affection and |
| | | | compassion more appealing than physically |
| If you need to get something from someone | | | | attractive women who behaved assertively and |
| else- like a car loan, job or date- you need | | | | independently. So, play lovable, huggable you |
| to evoke trust with that person. You don't | | | | to get on your man's "Hottie" side. |
| have hours or even minutes to create this | | | | |
| relationship- you must command trust in a | | | | In short, rejoice in knowing that turning a |
| matter of nanoseconds. To do this, appeal to | | | | man's head is more than a matter of mimicking |
| a man's instinctual mind, or as psychologists | | | | a Maxim pinup or staying on schedule with |
| advise, just get your make-up right. | | | | Botox injections. Instead, your charm, love |
| | | | handles and fabulous taste in Pacific blue |
| That is, apply your cosmetics as if your were | | | | eyeshadow all bolster your chances of finally |
| Katie Couric getting ready for the 6 o'clock | | | | corralling Mr. |
| news, and not a Las Vegas showgirl, with all | | | | I-Can't-Believe-You're-Not-Married-Yet at |
| due respect, getting ready to open a Wayne | | | | your favorite watering spot. Happy hunting |
| Newton concert. If you do copy Katie, | | | | and even happier slurping. |
| apparently people will trust you more. | | | | |
| | | | Sources: |
| For example, a study presented in the Journal | | | | |
| of Applied Social Psychology revealed men and | | | | Keisling, Bruce L &, Malcolm D Gynther. Male |
| women perceived other women who wore make-up | | | | perceptions of female attractiveness: the |
| as healthier and more confident than the same | | | | effects of targets' personal attributes and |
| women without make-up. Participants also | | | | subjects' degree of masculinity. Journal of |
| assumed that women wearing cosmetics enjoyed | | | | Clinical Psychology; March 1993, vol. 49, no |
| greater earning potential and held more | | | | 2, pp 190-195. |
| prestigious jobs than the same women not | | | | |
| wearing cosmetics. | | | | Marlowe, Frank and Adam Wetsman. Preferred |
| | | | Waist-To-Hip Ratio and Ecology. Personality |
| 2. Hip your way to a proposal | | | | and Individual Differences. February 2001; |
| | | | vol 30, no 3, pp 481-489. |
| After you get that date, you can further | | | | |
| entice your man by creating the ideal | | | | Nash, Rebecca et al. Cosmetics: They |
| waist-to-hip ratio. Several studies, | | | | Influence More Than Caucasian Female Facial |
| including one in the Journal of Personality & | | | | Attractiveness. Journal of Applied Social |
| Social Psychology, suggest that there is a | | | | Psychology; February 2006, vol. 36, no 2, pp |
| direct link between a woman's waste-to-hip | | | | 493-504. |
| (WTH) ratio and her attractiveness rating | | | | |
| among men. The ideal WTH number seems to be | | | | Singh, Devendra. Adaptive Significance of |
| 0.7. | | | | Female Physical Attractiveness: Role of |
| | | | Waist-to-Hip Ratio. Journal of Personality & |
| Creating the illusion of a 0.7 WTH ratio is | | | | Social Psychology; August 1993, vol 65, no 2, |
| easy. Plus, you don't have to have a 24-inch | | | | pp 293-207. |
| waist to make this work. In fact, it might | | | | |
| help to have a 38-inch waist as long as you | | | | Naweko Nicole Dial San-Joyz pioneered the |
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