Cad or Dad?

[BurtWorm]

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/02/health/psychology/02CADS.html

According to a new study, Scott's dark heroes, rebellious and promiscuous, and his proper heroes, law-abiding and monogamous, reflect the two types of men scientists recognize by the kinds of relationships they have with women: cads and dads.

In the study, 257 women in college were asked to read passages from Scott's novels. Each read a paragraph describing a dark hero and one describing a proper hero. Then the women were asked which type of man they would prefer for a relationship.

As predicted by the cad-dad theory of human mating strategies, the women preferred the proper heroes for long-term unions. When asked which character they would like to see their future daughters choose, they also selected proper heroes. But when asked who appealed to them most for short-term affairs, the women turned to the dark heroes — the handsome, passionate and daring cads.

"These 21st-century female college students could understand mating strategies intuitively," even when they were described in dated language, said Dr. Daniel J. Kruger, a social psychologist at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research, who led the study. It is published in the fall 2003 issue of the journal Human Nature.....


So the question is, which choice below best describes you right now.

[BurtWorm]

1. Is this too complex for y'all?

Do I need to explain it? Or is it just dinner hour or something?

[Bertha Venation]

2. Nope, but I've never read Scott. Sorry.

[SOteric]

3. Actually the poll is a little confusing to me.

Are you asking which we think we are, or are you asking which we prefer...? And if you're asking which we prefer, shouldn't it be relative to circumstance? I mean, obviously it's possible to prefer a bad-boy for flings and a nice-guy for longer-termed things. So..is the question which do we prefer right now, or which would we prefer if we could choose only one for now and all eternity...?

[BurtWorm]

4. Good questions.

I was hoping for an impressionistic intuitive click. Like right now, which best describes you.

Thank you for your help!

:hi:

[smirkymonkey]

5. Are men that simple?

Are there really only two kinds? God, I hope not. It's kind of like the Madonna/Whore thing with women - totally simplistic and ridiculous.

I would like to think that human beings are more multi-faceted than that.

[Dogmudgeon]

6. Cad seeking beautiful, rich, stupid girl

Sadly, Paris Hilton is in way too much demand now.

--bkl
I have hope. There's always Britney.

[geniph]

7. I'm not interested in either

I'm interested in interesting, intelligent, funny men who aren't even remotely father figures. Father figures kind of creep me out, and so do bad boys. I prefer equals who treat me as I treat them.