Rules Of Attraction

So I'm going to open myself up to a lot of scrutiny on this one, but I've never been one to take myself too seriously, so here it goes.

So I was watching Oprah the other day (I TiVo Oprah daily... yes... ME.... DeRonnie) and there was the most interesting topic.  The description of ths show read - "Sex: women reveal what they really want" Talk Show (2009) Dr. Laura Berman discusses the latest science behind sex appeal. (HD, CC, R)

This was definitely a Jerry McGuire "you had me at hello" topic so I parked myself on the couch and got ready to be enlightened.  So what did I learn???

I learned that a lot of the rules of attraction are out of my control.  According to the studies, there are very subtle and sometimes unnoticable things that drive our attraction to one another.  I thought this show was soooo interesting and I could write about it all day, but I'm going to focus on what the show outlined as attractive male traits and see how I stack up.

1. Smell - An experiment was run where women smelled the sweaty t-shirts of men, and rated them on how sexy or unsexy the smell was.  I know you're thinking..."how can a sweaty t-shirt smell sexy?"  The science behind this is that men's immune systems are what allow different types of bacteria to live on the surface of their bodies.  The stronger the immune system, the less bacteria, the more desireable the smell.  Women chose the shirts with the less pungent smells as more sexy which was deemed as an innate indicator of them seeking a partner with a strong immune system for evolutionary purposes (better chance of their offspring surviving).

Self rating - I hardly ever get sick (average about once every three years even getting a cold) and have been told that I smell very good.  Score one for the DJ!!! 10/10

2.  Features - Tall men with a more full jaw, broad shoulders, and symmetrical faces score big points with the ladies.  Men's pictures were digitally altered to make them more feminine (thining the eyebrows and the jaw) and women picked their more masculine repesentations more often, especially during ovulation (I bet that's a word you never thought would see on this blog).

Self rating - Average height, some facial assymetry, I definitely don't look like a girl, and I been working out like a champ.  6.5/10

3. Status - Keeping with the idea that women look for a mate that will best ensure the viability of their offspring, status was seen as even more dominant than physical attractiveness.  A guy was rated a 9/10 when women looked at his picture, but throw in a whopping $23,000 salary as a retail clerk and he was rated as low as a 4/10 and no higher than a 6/10.  The guy who was rated a 4/10 with just his picture ended up as high as 10/10 when you throw in his $400,000 salary as a music executive.  Hmmm I ain't saying yall some gold diggers, but yall ain't messin with no broke... broke... oooOOOHH!  Like Tony Montana said, "first you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the women!"  Science is proving him right.

Self rating - Stanford undergrad, Stanford MBA lean toward a 10/10.  Non-profit career, load of school debt, a roommate, and a "jeans and t-shirts" attitude look more like a 3/10.  Average of the two - 6.5/10

So if I take that in isolation, then it really doesn't matter what I say to a girl, right?  Just smell good, wear a couple extra pair of socks and my Timbos, and rent a ferrari for the evening and I should be in there!

Not quite.  You actually have to say something clever.  This something clever is "the holla".  If I were to rate myself on how well I holla at women I would sadly give myself a 2/10.  I need a real life Hitch to put me through a training course.  Or maybe I can hire a skilled field technician.

The only time I've ever stopped a girl and executed a successful holla was my junior year of high school.  I was taking the ACT and during my break I stopped this girl who I had been admiring for weeks.  We chatted for a little and I got her number only to find that her boyfriend sat next to me in Pre-Calculus (scandalous).  He was kind of a pretty-boy (imagine Prince at age 17).  Maybe she was thinking about the survival of her offspring and not even listening to what I was saying.  So until I get my game tight I will continue to rely on science.

So this mix is comprised of songs about "the holla".  The songs definitely show of the swagger of the artists. The Holla Mix