Archive → September, 2009
Flirting ….. the New Six Pack …..
I’m not saying that all women are the same or trying to make it sound like people are superficial, it’s all supposed to be tongue in cheek so enjoy.
Now before all of you go out and cancel your subscriptions to platinum and decide to double that second portion of pancakes at early bird, please bear in mind that the title is almost a complete lie. For the most part (apparently) women tend to be inherently attracted to a more or less mixed bag of people so in a technical sense that six pack is worth it depending on what/who you’re aiming for. However increasingly it has been recognised that an overall muscular build is not as ….. significant (not exactly the term I’m looking for but what the hey) as other things are.
It’s interesting how dynamic our tastes as humans are, they are influenced by everything from music videos to advertising, to the weather even and clothing. And in the case of the fairer sex it also seems to be influenced by that spontaneous bleed they all seem to have once a month or so.
For the most part women tend to go for men who are taller (relative to the general population), with more husky voices, good rhythm (an ability to dance without looking like you ass is one fire or are trying to get pepper spray out of your eyes), and are generally speaking at or above average height. This is thought to be more of a subconscious thing and is largely attributed to genetic selection rather than an actual active preference for a particular type of male.
Interestingly, muscular build and masculine faces (big jaw, a “roman” nose or a widows peak) don’t tend to play that much of a role in our mating process, i.e. being built like Sly in rocky 3 won’t really give you an edge if your bald, short and with a voice that’s akin to the war cry of a pygmy in heat.
Flirting on the other hand does, and unlike that six pack and pecks the size of salad plates at Applebees, flirting doesn’t really require all that much work or the use of cow testosterone and growth hormone, all it requires is well …… being a cheeky bastard and perhaps one or two drinks to bring up the Casanova in you and help you find one good thing in your perspective mate.
Infact flirting in many recent studies has been found to be far more important than all the above put together especially when women are ovulating (half way between that period and the one due in 2 weeks time). Flirting also seems to be dynamic and dependant on how masculine your face looks; in other words the less chiseled that jaw of yours is the more likely your are to score and the more muscular you are the less likely that flirting will actually increase your chances. As with most things human the reason why this seems to be the case is largely still a mystery but it’s thought that at some subconscious level masculinity and muscular build is associated with less commitment and an increased likely hood that the fucker has one two or three people on the side.
Having said that flirting, unlike built bodies, long hair, a husky voice or a 12,000 dollar watch is very hard to quantify and very variable. It’s actually a very complex type of behaviour and can vary from just looking at a person, to the way you talk to the way they talk to other people in the room so it’s very hard to objectively score someone in terms of flirting. The way most studies do it is akin to the selection process for star academy and is probably just as useful.
So the take home message this week is that if you have a six pack good on you, learn how to dance without looking like a pollock and maybe try to come up with something better than “halla wallah” or “i3yoonich naar” and for the humans among us it may be a good idea to try and work on the same ……..
Ink.
Happy Eid …….
oh and Yes, I am a fan …….
You’ve gotta love tattoos whether it’s the “fake” ones that come with bubble gum packs that you lick and stick, hennah tattoos or the more traditional type, tattoos have often been seen as a fashion statement or a form of self expression. Personally I’ve always been a fan of them for various resons, namely the fact that that they just look cool no matter how you slice it.
They’ve actually been around since the 5th centruy BC and were found on human popsicles that date back to that era, and have been used in darker times to identify prisoners of war and by doctors (well …. witch doctors) for everything from fertility to acupuncture) and is still used to mark out areas for radiotherapy and to fashion nipples in breast reconstruction.
By and large tattoos have had a bad name …. for the most part people tend to associate them the unsaviory which is rather unfortunate and pretty darn wrong as a couple of plastic surgeons from poland came to find out in their european study.
Dr Antoszewski and his team conducted a suvey within their community asking why people got tattooed, when they got tattooed and whether they have more than one and the results are quiet interesting. For one thing most men get tattoos rather than piercing first where as (for obvious reasons ….. i.e. their mother wanted cute pictures of them) most women tended toget pierced first and for the most part people tended to get on average 3 tattoos over their life time. Also, most people were motivated by trying to express a certain aspect of their identity rather than pee pressure (a close second) where as most people got pierced ’cause of peer pressure. They also found that whether it was tattoos or pieced hoo hoo’s social background and drug taking/risk taking behaviour were not as closely linked as other surveys had shown, meaning that the image of a coke snorting, herion mainlining, toothless disease vagrant is dieing down in tattoo culture. Granted few rocket scientist get them but since when did rocket scientists have a sense of style or identity; they;re usually the annoying kid in class who kept breaking the curve and had his mother check his homework.
Another survey conducted by a dermatolgist, Dr Armstrong hailing from Texas Tech asked people why they wanted their tattoos off. For the most part people tended to get rid of tattoos because they’ve experienced a major shift in their personality such as finding God, a change of lifestyle or risk of social stigma given their current jobs, they also found that women tended to choose to keep their tattoos for them selves and pick areas that are hidden by clothing while men tended to want to chow them off picking their arms and for arms as the site of choice and that people tended to get rid of their tattoos about 20 years after they get them done.
And yes, unfortunately like most surgical procedures tattoos and piercings tend to harbor a risk of HIV, heptitis C and various other infections of the skin and do require care after the procedure to prevent things like keloids and scarring but I’m quick to point out that those risks are fairly minimal thanks to regulation of the industry in most countires and the introduction or sterile tattoo equipment.
It’s very hard not to think that tattoos are more so associated with our over all need for self expression that we’ve come to enjoy these days, just take a look at ur social networking sites, twitter and blogs, we’ve become people who like to scream it loud and proud and tattoos are just one more medium. Another thing that seems evident from these studies is that alot of people tend to regret tattoos that aren’t associated with personal meanings, in other words you wont regret a tattoo that means something to you (well you’re less likely to hate them in 10 years time)
I am the Bird of Hermes
Random, unoriginal but still worth reading ……. stay tuned for your typical posts soon ……..
In the sea without lees
Standeth the bird of Hermes
Eating his wings variable
And maketh himself yet full stable
When all his feathers be from him gone
He standeth still here as a stone
Here is now both white and red
And all so the stone to quicken the dead
All and some without fable
Both hard and soft and malleable
Understand now well and right
And thank you God of this sight
The bird of Hermes is my name eating my wings to make me tame.
-The Riply Scrolls 1670′s
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