đź’‹Scienceđź’‹ has once again dropped to its knees and slobbered the knob of CH, vindicating the Heartistian observation that women love laconic men.
For decades, experts believed women flocked to silent types because of their aloof and mysterious nature – but new research suggests its because the trait is actually an ultimate sign of masculinity. […]
When a women meets a man who talks a lot, they consider them to be more feminine and less attractive, yet men who use shorter words and speak more concisely were seen as more attractive because they appeared more masculine.
Terse charm > loquacious charm > charmlessness. Gabby men are simply not very attractive to women. Men who keep their cards close and don’t wear their hearts on their sleeves are sexier to women. Men whose jokes are powerfully succinct rather than tiresomely pedantic are considered socially savvier. Brevity is the soul of wit and, apparently, the stroke of clits.
There are times when following the exception to this rule will be personally beneficial, but you should strive to express yourself more laconically, more pithily, as you work to craft your new sexy identity.
They found that people are naturally drawn to friends and colleagues with voices that sound familiar.
People prefer those who have a similar accent, intonation and tone of voice to themselves, for example.
Theoretically, group selection shouldn’t exist, but in practice there’s a lot of evidence for some sort of in-group favoritism motivating human interaction.