Guys: Holding A Guitar Makes You More Attractive

Monday, May 6, 2013 - 21:00 in Psychology & Sociology

Keb' Mo' Wikimedia CommonsEvery kid in high school learning guitar to get a girlfriend was actually right. Single dudes: Are you holding a guitar at this moment? If not, you are not reaching your Maximum Attractiveness Potential, according to two (2) recently published studies. A French study that was just published suggests women are more attracted to a guy hefting around a guitar, and that supports another study published in Israel last year. Here's the French study: This experiment tested the assumption that music plays a role in sexual selection. Three hundred young women were solicited in the street for their phone number by a young male confederate who held either a guitar case or a sports bag in his hands or had no bag at all. Results showed that holding a guitar case was associated with greater compliance to the request, thus suggesting that musical practice is associated with sexual...

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