Mr. Nice Guy a Turn Off for Women, Study Finds

Article first published as Mr. Nice Guy a Turn Off for Women, Study Finds on Technorati.

Author: Bennie Hubbard
Published: May 24, 2011 at 11:16 pm

No more Mr. Nice guy and bright smiles, For men who desire attraction from the opposite sex, according to a new study from the University of British Columbia. It showed that women find smug, gloomy "bad boys" more attractive than "nice guys."

This new study which was published in the journal Emotion revealed some of the different responses men and women give to certain emotions like happiness, pride and shame based on their sexual attraction or what they consider attractive.

It was once thought that smiling and being pleasant was essential when trying to make a good impression, but the study found that "men and women respond very differently to displays of emotion, including smiles," the author of the study Jessica Tracy, a professor of psychology at the university, said in a written statement.

To conduct the study, more than 1,000 adult participants were asked to rate the sexual attractiveness of hundreds of images of the opposite sex. The images showed people in displays of happiness and cheerfulness (bright smiles), pride (raised head, puffed-up chest), also sadness and shame (lowered head, averted eyes).

Who did the women go for? The study showed they favored guys who looked conceited or glum and depressed. But the guys were most sexually attracted to women who looked happy, and less attracted to those who appeared superior and confident.

Tracy and her co-author, graduate student Alec Beall, said women may have evolved to find proud guys attractive because pride implies status, competence and an ability to provide for a partner and offspring. furthermore previous research has associated smiling with a lack of dominance - which men seem to find attractive in a mate, but not the other way around.

Beall also pointed out in the statement that the people in the study weren't asked to evaluate men on the basis of whether they might make a good mate. "We wanted their gut reactions on carnal, sexual attraction," he said.

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Romance Topics - Moms Tend to Add Pounds

Article first published as Having Kids Might Make Young Women Heavier, Less Fit on Technorati.

Author: Bennie Hubbard "Romance Topics"
Published: April 11, 2011 at 9:30 pm

Study found that younger women who have children are more likely to have health problems, than women who don't have children at all. The study finds that younger women with children consume more saturated fat, sugary beverages and total calories.

Examining data from Project EAT (Eating and Activity in Teens and Young Adults), researchers from the University of Minnesota focused on the link between parental status, dietary intake, physical activity and body mass index (BMI) in 838 women and 682 men with an average age of 25.

While fathers were no heavier than their non-parenting peers, mothers had significantly higher BMIs, and both moms and dads exercised less frequently. But despite their greater intake of fat, sugar and calories, the young mothers also consumed as much fruit, dairy, whole grains and calcium as non-mothers, the study found.

Study author Jerica Berge said these mothers might be assuming more child-care duties than the dads, leading to the weight disparity. The aftereffects of pregnancy might also be a factor, she said.

"Maybe moms are taking on more responsibilities — including cooking the food for the kids, with these high-fat choices," said Berge, an assistant professor of family medicine and community health. "In parenting, there are conflicting demands and tradeoffs. It could [also] be they're too tired at the end of the day and might not want to go to the gym."
The study is published online April 11 in the journal Pediatrics.

Project EAT, a longitudinal population study, followed young participants through three age points between 1998 and 2009, as they progressed into young adulthood.
Participants who became parents between the second and third follow-ups and had a child aged 5 or younger formed the parent group in the study.

Height and weight were self-reported, while a food-frequency questionnaire was used to assess the typical intake of such foods as fruit, dark green and orange vegetables, milk products and sugar-sweetened beverages over the prior year.

Young adults were also asked how many hours in a usual week they spent doing activities ranging from jogging or rollerblading to biking, skiing, dancing or bowling.
The fact that young mothers also consumed a similar amount of healthy foods than non-mothers may suggest they are trying to be good role models for their children, Berge said, although their use of higher-fat foods may stem from having less time to cook.

"I do think the study makes some good points about the struggles of being a young parent and balancing work and family life, and finding the time to plan physical activity," said Jen Brennan, clinical nutrition manager at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. "It's really easy to grab something unhealthy."
Health care professionals have many opportunities to intervene in this dynamic, Berge and Brennan said, because young children typically see pediatricians at least several times a year.

Public health campaigns can also encourage healthy lifestyles among parents to set the stage for their children, they said.
"They already have time to talk about dietary intake and physical activity. There might be an opportunity to throw in, 'how does this work from a family perspective?'" Berge noted.
"Obviously, we need more research before we go off and change everything," she added. "We're not out there to make parents feel guilty about it — it's more for us to step back and ask, how can we support them?"

Young women have to focus on staying healthy after giving birth and not allow stress and anxiety stop them from living a brighter healthier life. We all know children have lots of energy, learn to use it to your advantage, go running with your kids, jump rope, roller blade. It seems like a lot of the simple things that can keep you healthier are some of the things that can benefit you and your child. Be creative and have fun most of all.

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Romance Topics - Women are More Likely Than Men to Have Romantic Regrets

Article first published as Women are More Likely Than Men to Have Romantic Regrets on Technorati.

Author: Bennie Hubbard "Romance Topics"
Published: March 24, 2011 at 4:39 pm

According to a research survey conducted by Neal Roese, professor of marketing at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business, Women are more likely than man to have regrets about their romantic life. In the field of romantic relationships, everyone seems to have made decisions they had come to regret, says Neal Roese.

In the survey, about 370 adults across the US, between the ages of 20 and 80 years old, were asked to tell what they felt was some of the biggest issues in their past they regretted. The survey which was conducted over the phone concluded that about 44 percent of women listed romance, however only 19 percent of the men mentioned it, Roese said in the study published in journal Social Psychological and Personality Science. Much of the romantic regrets were about "the one that got away, a missed opportunity or someone you knew in college with whom it didn't quite work out," he said.

The second-most common regret centered on family issues, such as a desire to have been kinder to a loved one. Others regretted not attending college or not divorcing sooner, or choosing material items over a life's passion.
Roese said many of those who took part in the survey were eager to do so, and some even became tearful as they spoke.

This survey directly points out how women, are most effected by their past romance. Making them wish and wonder how they may have fixed the burned out flame “old romance”. Furthermore, it points out that we all have regrets whether it be romance or not attending college. I think the reason more women regret their past romance, is simply because of our society and the environment in which we live in.

Women are much more emotionally attached then men are, they care about finding the right person and if they fall short of this goal they will have regrets about it and long for it in the future, thinking they may have been better off with someone from a past relationship. When it comes to admitting regrets, romance happens to be the most common source of nagging anxiety, particularly among women, according to an American researcher.

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Romance Topics – What is Love?

What is Love? Love is a divine feeling of infinite possibilities, a feeling of eternal happiness, and an embrace of spiritual peace. Where your mind can meditate in a state of bliss for seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years its eternal. It can fill your body with endless feeling, the feelings are the essence of love it is the foundation. What would you build on this foundation?

It could be one of jealousy, hatred, sadness or one of profound enlightment, one of true delight, one of pure satisfaction. Love is not one way it is infinite, from sadness to happiness. Which would you choose? Your heart longs for it, your heart cries out to it, so please welcome it into your heart and you will experience something unique, you will shine as the sun, your spirit will awaken, you are now complete.

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Romance Topics - How to find out if your partner is cheating “Step by Step”

1. Coming home from work late, avoiding certain questions.
2. Non-responsive to things they may have enjoyed or liked before.
3. Showing less affection or no affection at all. “Less sexual activity or non at all”.
4. Sporadic disappearances from time to time, when they would normally be home or at work.
5. Coming up with reasons why they don’t want to spend time with you or go out.
6. Avoid conversations and or matters involving the improvement of your relationship or marriage.
7. Finding reasons to start arguments, also may abuse or hit you if you question their tardiness for coming home late or just anything they may feel to be inconsistent information or suggestions.

Now to my readers around the world, if you encounter any or all the steps above, then you should consider either leaving your partner or have patience and try your best to improve your relationship but if you choose to stay with that person also keep in mind that if your relationship does get better, it’s a good chance they may cheat again so please keep that in mind.

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Romance Topics - How do you know if that special someone really loves you

I have compiled a list of thing you could do to investigate if that special someone really loves you and steps to improve your relationship.

1. See if they show affection

2. See if they pay attention to you with genuine concern

3. See if they tell you they love you

4. Read body language – It’s a way of knowing peoples true intention and how they really want to express themselves "Hidden Motives"

5. Examine if they spent enough time with you, and if not figure out why and what you could do to fix the problem

6. This reflex directly with step 5 the key element is "Communication", be sure to reach out to that special person in your life, learn as much as you can, ask them how their day was, ask them if they need anything, be genuinely concerned and act on it. Show them you care and not only tell them, because words become void without action to back it up.

7. Finally just simply spend more time together to build your connection to each other, like going out to a movie, or maybe just a walk down the street could make a impact on your relationship, be creative, find what you have in common and use that information to your advantage.

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Romance Topics - Woman in disress

Good morning world, I would like to introduce you to a person i met on myspace, when i first met her she was in a problem, she needed me to tell her what she did wrong and why her love life never seemed to work out. So this is the message she sent me via myspace :

im 21 with a severly broken heart i gess i just wish to hear life will get better..........i have mental problims that efect day to day life......theres this guy iv secretly loved since grade school .....we met wen my life was bad and so was his........i was sooooooo scared to loose him...hes a 10 .....but i think id rate me no higher then a 7.....confadence......severly lacks tho i beleve he has made it worse i want the best for him and would do almost anything for him ........on a good day die........but he thrw me away for what i can only asume a good lay......shes not so hot and reminds me of a life draind junky.....very frail..........im a big booty chick with valuptuos assets and a good head on my shoulders........where do i go from here now that i descover all my time with him has been esentally wasted cus he dosint like plump woman he likes em frail and relly relly small so theres not much hope for me and my fat ass im very sad please help..

My response :

I would like to start by saying you are beautiful and with that simple fact in place you shouldn't feel that you need a man to make yourself feel complete..god made you with all you could ever need so smile be happy..i would suggest for you to explore yourself and see what makes you happy and do them, i believe your problem is that you have been hurt over and over by men you truly love with all your heart if this is the case maybe you should see why this is happening research and think about your past relationship and think of things you may have done wrong pinpoint the flaw and try to figure out what you could do different next time to make sure your next relationship progresses to something you could be happy for...also you should try giving it a break and focus on yourself and be content and make yourself happy cause that's the main thing people must understand if you cant make yourself happy then how do you expect someone else can ?

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