Why are we attracted to one person over another? Science is working to answer this question with some intriguing new research. It may be that unexpected (and some unseen) factors like biochemical odors and the women’s voices may add to the visual appeal of the face that makes your heart pound and your palms sweat.
It is being discovered that scent may have a large influence on sexual attraction. Researchers Karl Grammer and Elizabeth Oberzaucher who are leading the way in this type of research have discovered that when women ovulate they send out a scent that attracts men.
When a man smells the scent, his testosterone levels go up. This then causes the male body to secrete androstenone, an scent that will repel another woman who isn’t ovulating. It seems that it’s a survival mechanism that helps to identify fertile women to a male, and his attention and interest.
“We are innately all puppies in heat,” states sex therapist Dr. Laura Berman. “We are capable of discerning 10,000 different scents consciously. But then there’s a whole realm of unconscious scents that we’re not even aware that we’re smelling.”
Voice pitch has also been discovered to have a impact on levels of attraction. Women with higher estrogen levels tend to have higher pitched voices, and this it seems is more desirable to men.
During the middle of a woman’s cycle, when she’s most fertile and most able to conceive a child, her voice is rated by men as much more attractive according Gordon Gallup, a professor at the State University of New York at Albany.
But don’t discount the power of physical appearance just yet.
A Scottish researcher, psychologist Lisa DeBruine of the University of Aberdeen, found that a woman’s face gets even more attractive to men during ovulation.
Maybe at this time she looks healthier, or maybe there’s something else that makes females look more attractive to men.
Biostatistics expert Kendra Schmid has done more work in this area and looks at face symmetry using a formula that employs 29 different measurements to determine appeal on a scale of 1 to 10.
Using this formula, Brad Pitt rates a 9.3 of 10.0, the highest ever measured while the rest of us rate from 4 to 6.
And then there’s this.
Experts have also discovered if a woman looks at a man’s face she’ll rate that face differently if supplied with a corresponding income. Not surprisingly, women rate a man more attractive if he makes more money.
“It goes back again to evolution. When we were having babies who were very dependent on us, we couldn’t hunt and take care of ourselves, so we were looking for the man who had the most social status, who was the best hunter, who was going to bring home the biggest chunk of meat for our babies,” declares Berman. “It’s the same thing today.”
And, according to Berman, you can do something to assess the potential of a relationship – go for the kiss. “You really learn a lot from a kiss. Sixty-six percent of women say they would dump a guy after a bad first kiss.”
It’s not only because you’re getting that good whiff of him so you’re seeing if you like the way he smells. All your senses are engaged, and you get a sense of his sensuality, his connection, whether he’s a take-charge kind of guy or more of a stepping back kind.”
Kissing frequency in a relationship is also a key indicator of happiness. A kiss of ten seconds or more every day is a great way to stay connected and keep love alive.
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