Freakonomics - page 75

[akdiver 3]

A low-income, poorly-educated, unhappily employed, not very attractive, slightly overweight and balding man who posts his photo stands a better chance of gleaning some e-mails than a man who says he makes $200,000 and is deadly handsome but doesn't post a photo.

On page 76, it is revealed that 56% of men do not get a single response, while only 21% of women do not get a single response.

also...

"Men who say they want a LTR do much better than men looking for an occasional lover. But women looking for an occasional lover do great."

"For men, a woman's looks are of paramount importance. For women, a man's income is terribly important. The richer a man is, the more e-mail he receives."

...in reference to an intense study of more than 20,000 on-line dating site users.

Cheers!

AKDiver

Edited September 24, 2008 by akdiver

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Not surprising at all.

[akdiver 3]

It goes on to say that, in effect, men are better off shaving their head than being partially bald, or having red or curly hair. Interesting.

Not surprising at all.

No...I don't imagine that it would be. Edited September 24, 2008 by akdiver

[Chica Yeyé 41]

It goes on to say that, in effect, men are better off shaving their head than being partially bald, or having red or curly hair. Interesting.

Not surprising at all.

No...I don't imagine that it would be.

That is funny - my husband is a redhead if he was bald I would have NOT given him a second look.

ak, this is hilarious!!!

[akdiver 3]

Well, there are outliers and exceptions of all kinds, no matter what one is talking about.

But the exact quote from page 76 is:

...for men, being short is a big disadvantage (which is probably why so many lie about it), but weight doesn't much matter. For women, being overweight is deadly (which is probably why THEY lie). For a man, having red hair or curly hair is a downer, as is "bald with a fringe" - but a shaved head is okay. For a woman, salt-and-pepper hair is bad, while blond hair is, not surprisingly, very good."

Interestingly, "28% of the women on the site said they were blond, a number far beyond the national average, which indicates a lot of dyeing, or lying, or both" (p.75).

This whole section of the book is pretty interesting (:

On to Chapter 3: Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?

Edited September 24, 2008 by akdiver