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Article: Surprising insights from the social sciences ; The pleasure of pursuing; Uncommon Knowledge
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 1, 2009
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Traditionally, men are expected to seduce women, while women are
expected to be demure and picky. Thus, women "play hard to get,"
while men "sow their wild oats." However, a new study suggests that
this disparity in mating standards is more tenuous than you might
expect. Several hundred college students participated in a speed-
dating experiment. In some sessions, the men were the ones who moved
from table to table, and in other sessions the women moved. In the
former, the men reported significantly higher levels of interest
than the women. In the latter, the women reported as much or more
interest than the men. It seems that the act of approaching someone
else gives people more confidence ...