Tuesday, 16 June 2009

• We All Prefer The More Direct Approach

  Miss Walrus
  
  I think I might actually be in the norm with this one: According to a new study published in the journal Personality & Individual Differences, both men and women prefer the opposite sex to make a "direct" first move.
  
  But what exactly does a "direct" move entail to each sex? Well, research shows that both sexes are actually on the same page when it comes to their ideas of "direct" moves.
  
  This study in particular asked forty women between the ages of 19 and 22 to write down the kind of "pick-up lines" they'd use in order to snag a man.
  
  Then, these different lines were sorted into 10 categories (for example one of the categories was "Ask if single" where the most direct line was "Do you have a girlfriend?"). Researchers then asked 40 men and women to rate the pick up lines in order of "perceived directness" and then asked to rate how effective they thought each line would be on them.
  
  Turns out, the more direct the line, the more effective the man thought it would be for a woman to use on him. When the women were asked to do the same, the produced almost identical lists to the males, with one teensy exception: Women didn't rate giving out phone numbers or asking for a call as highly as men. Perhaps this is why so many of us chicks are tempted to give the guys at the club who ask for our digits fake numbers?
  
  Either way, this proves one undeniable point: Communication is key. And direct communication = the best kind. 
  

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