Females Choose To Hang Out Sexier Friends?

Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 11:50 in Psychology & Sociology

A common belief among club-going men is that women choose less attractive friends to make themselves look better. See this clip from that important anthropological documentary "Hall Pass" for context:Not so, says a group of scientists who have observed the opposite strategy in the Trinidadian guppy, a species of small freshwater fish  - instead, the uglier friends are choosing the prettier females to avoid unwanted male attention.  read more

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