研究:为什么丑男热衷追美女

There are hints in the HOTorNOT.com data that suggest men do learn to accept their limitations: They apparently hedge their bets by asking for more dates. In fact, the men in the study requested a full 240 percent more dates than the women. Researchers didn't look at how many of these online come-ons were successful, but the number of dates most men asked for might be a sign that the less attractive among us — even the men — recognize that they may have to settle for dating someone who is closer to them on the "hotness" scale。
来自HOTorNOT.com的数据提示，男人须要学会接受自己的局限：他们显然应该邀请更多的约会，以增加成功的几率。事实上，研究中的男性提请约会的次数整整是女性的2.4倍。研究者并不关注这类在线的“勾引”有多少会成功，而是关注大多数男性发起的约会数量，这也许是个信号：缺乏吸引力的女性——甚至包括男性——满足于与自己“魅力”指数近似的异性约会。

"Good looking people are always looking for other good looking people," says Helen Fisher, a professor at Rutgers University who studies mating behavior and romantic love。
“漂亮的人总是追求漂亮的人”，该研究外的另一位学者、专门研究交配行为和浪漫爱情的罗格斯大学教授Helen Fisher说。

"And ultimately, men figure their own good looks are not as important as a woman’s," says Fisher, who wasn't involved with the study. "They figure they’re selling a whole lot of things that women want that aren’t associated with being attractive."
“最终，男性发现他们自己的美貌并不像女性的美貌那样重要。他们发现，虽然他们兜售了一大堆女性希望的东西，但这不会使他们变得富有吸引力。”

Besides, from an evolutionary perspective, men are simply looking for the woman most likely to produce a strong healthy baby — so that means they’re often focused on physical attractiveness。
此外，从进化的角度来看，男人追求女人多半只是为了繁衍强壮、健康的后代——因此他们常常只关心女人的外表。

"Men might as well reach for the stars," says William Pollack, a Harvard University psychologistand the director of the Center for Men and Young Men at McLean Hospital. "Women are the ones who are going to have the baby. They need to be a little more picky."
“男人也可以伸手去摘星追梦，”哈佛大学心理学家、McLean 医院男性及青年男性中心主任William Pollack 说，“但只有女人能怀孕，所以她们需要多一些挑剔。

In the end, there might be some signs that boorish boys know they’re overreaching — and that may be expressed in the level of their braggadocio。
最后，也许有一些粗俗的男人发现自己过了头的迹象——这表现在他们吹牛的程度中。

When a really attractive man is interested in a date, Brody says, he’s quieter and more cautious. "He’ll come back a bunch of times and try to get to know me before asking," she adds。
当一个真正有吸引力的男人想要约会时，”Brody说，“他会更加平静、小心。”“他会仔细思考，并且在约我之前试着了解我。”她补充道。