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« Generation Obama: Music | Main | Generation Obama mailbag 1 » Wednesday, February 21, 2007Psychology Not 101I had a psychology professor in college who taught a hugely popular lecture. On day one, he gave the lie to the widely expressed claim -- delivered while looking down the nose -- that psych is the study of the intuitively obvious. In one example after another, he shot down the class's vote in answer to a given question by explaining a study that demonstrated the opposite. It was impressive. Add this study to the list: according to new research, it seems that women are drawn to men who are attractive (duh) and men who have high status professionally and financially (duh), but not to men who have both in spades. The researchers' suggestion is that the guy who has it all is viewed by women as "likely to pursue a mating strategy rather than parenting strategy." What a gentle way of putting it. Thanks to reader C.F. for the tip. Posted by Evan Hughes at 01:42 PM
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