Interpersonal Attraction - Increased Female Attraction To Men in Relationships

Increased Female Attraction To Men in Relationships

A 2009 study by Melissa Burkley and Jessica Parker of Oklahoma State University found that 59% of women tested were interested in pursuing a relationship with an "ideal" single man (who was, unknown to the women, fictitious). When they believed the "ideal" man already was in a romantic relationship, 90% of the women were interested in a romantic relationship.

Read more about this topic:  Interpersonal Attraction

Famous quotes containing the words increased, female, attraction and/or men:

    “Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.”
    —Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)

    “When a woman drinks it’s as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism is scandalous in a woman, and a female alcoholic is rare, a serious matter. It’s a slur on the divine in our nature.”
    —Marguerite Duras (b. 1914)

    “Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world.”
    —Jane Austen (1775–1817)

    “Most men have like plants hidden properties, which chance discloses.”
    —François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)