Are women more shallow than men?
According to a speed-dating experiment at Edinburgh International Science Festival, many women take about half a minute to make up their minds about a potential partner.
Following tests involving 500 `dates’. The findings revealed that women were twice as likely to make up their minds about the opposite sex than men.
According to the professor that was behind this study, men are often characterized as being shallow and tend to judge women too quickly. However, this particular study indicates that this particular common belief may be way off base - and that in reality; women are shallower and judge more quickly.
At least men were on average a little more creative with the common question that received the greatest response - that being “if you were on Stars in Your Eyes, who would you be and why?” (apparently this is a noted British television show that we in the U.S. are unaware of) While the most often asked question by women was “what’s your favorite pizza topping?”
Oh, I’m almost ashamed to be a woman at this point! Shallow and lacking in creativity? PuLease!
When it comes to being shallow, I’d say I was probably one of the guiltiest gals going and I did often sum up a man in a few seconds, but most times it was because of one of the key factors that I realized early on in the dating game that was important to me.
Three things that were always very important to me when meeting a new guy were:
- Nice and clean teeth
- Clean shoes
- the inside of his car would have to be clean
If one of those three things failed the test, it was a done deal!
Quirky? You bet!
Those are typically the least of a man’s worries. If he thinks enough to make sure his car and shoes are clean - that means other parts of his life were well organized and just as clean.
The teeth go without saying. I just couldn’t bring myself to kiss a man with icky teeth.
So, I pose this question to the readers here on Dating Dames. What are some of the quirky little things you feel you may indicate you are shallow. Things that dig into your very being and that regardless of how hard you try, you just can’t waiver?
Tags: Dating, first_date, first_impression, shallow, speed_dating
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1 opinion for Are women more shallow than men?
Mike Boyd
Aug 19, 2007 at 3:31 pm
Women are far shallower than men, on every dating site that I have used - every time, and I mean every time I answer a profile - the response is always the same
“send picture”
Just once - I would like to get “Nice to meet you”, or “how are you” or anything besides just “send picture”
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