What Modern Men Want in a Woman & V.V. (survey)

note: this survey failed to ask important questions about spiritual values, about having a developed energy body, and other traits important to Modern Taoists. So you can use it to see how far you’ve evolved from being a mere college student (polled here). -M.

WHAT MODERN MEN WANT IN WOMEN
By Sally Law
LiveScience’s Science of Sex Columnist
February 13, 2009

http://www.livescience.com/culture/090213-men-want.html

What do men want in a woman? Brains? Beauty? Vacuuming prowess?

Researchers at the University of Iowa find that men increasingly are
interested in intelligent, educated women who are financially stable — and
chastity isn’t an issue.

The findings are part of a study, conducted every decade since 1939, which
asks participants to rank a list of 18 characteristics they would want in a
partner on a scale ranging from “irrelevant” to “essential.” Included are
such items as “sociability” and “good cook, housekeeper,” as well as “mutual
attraction and love,” which came in first place for both men and women in
2008. (In 1939, it wasn’t in the top three for either sex.)

Male and female participants in 2008 rounded out their top traits with
“dependable character” and “emotional stability, maturity.” Men ranked
intelligence fourth, a big jump from 11th place in 1939; in addition, “good
financial prospect” moved to 12th place in 2008, a shift from its low
17th-place ranking in 1939 and last-place ranking in 1967.

“This is a generation of men who has grown up with educated women as their
mothers, teachers, doctors, and role models,” said Christine Whelan, head of
the study and author of “Marry Smart: The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to True
Love” (Simon & Schuster, 2008). “And in tough economic times, sharing the
financial burden with a spouse takes the burden off these guys to be the
sole provider.”

The study’s participants were college students from the University of Iowa,
the University of Washington, the University of Virginia, and Penn State
University.

“Like attracts like, so certainly the fact that we were polling college
students would suggest that intelligence and education are going to be
important characteristics,” Whelan says.

Another notable shift involves the significance of chastity: In 1939, it was
valued more than intelligence in women, but in 2008, it was ranked the least
important characteristic. Furthermore, it also was ranked the least
important for men. This, coupled with the shared top-three ranking for both
men and women, suggests a commonality that seems positively modern-day.

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WHAT MEN WANT

Essential characteristics:

* Mutual attraction and love
* Dependable character
* Emotional stability

Important characteristics:

* Education and intelligence
* Good looks
* Ambition

Desirable characteristics:

* Good financial prospect
* Good cook and housekeeper

Unimportant characteristics:

* Similar political background
* Chastity

WHAT WOMEN WANT

Essential characteristics:

* Mutual attraction and love
* Dependable character
* Emotional stability

Important characteristics:

* Education and intelligence
* Desire for home and children
* Ambition

Desirable characteristics

* Good looks
* Refinement

Unimportant characteristics:

* Similar political background
* Chastity