“The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love”

Why do girls fall in love with bad boys?

Why is it that a bad boy is so appealing to a girl?

Narcissistic, thrill-seeking and deceitful men are the kinds that sweep women off their feet because they associate these traits with masculinity, according to a new study .

Adrian Farnham, a professor of psychology at University College London, argued that "dark side" traits can have "bright side" consequences, especially in the workplace.

"These people may be particularly good at certain types of work involving quality control, auditing, checking etc.," the Daily Star quoted Farnham as saying.

"Equally, the flamboyance and theatricality of histrionic types may make them excellent public speakers or 'creative'."

The study also found women were more likely than men to be excitable, moody, perfectionist or aggressive.

It takes women just 3 minutes to make up their mind about Mr Right.

Women take just 3 minutes to decide whether she likes a man or not, according to a new study.

The research showed that the average female spends the time sizing up looks, physique and dress-sense as well as taking in scent, accent and eloquence of a potential suitor. Women also quickly judge how he interacts with her friends and whether he is successful or ambitious.

According to the study, women believe 180 seconds is long enough to gauge whether or not he is Mr Right, or Mr Wrong.

That is the genius of women.

The study also found women rarely change their mind about a man after their initial reaction - and believe they are 'always right' in their assumptions and judgments. The report was commissioned among 3,000 adults to mark the release of Instinct, a new book by Ben Kay.

"I think a lot of people believe in trusting their instincts when dating. Â It makes and it seem more magical, like it's coming from somewhere deeper. But it's surprising how quickly women make a decision. That's barely enough time to finish a drink together," the Daily Mail quoted Kay as saying.

"It's interesting that so many women trust their instincts and yet still give men the opportunity to change their minds. Some men might think this is leading them on but I would imagine most women just want to give every bloke a fair shot," Kay added.

Women prefer straight-talking sexist men!

When it comes to men, women prefer straight-talking sexist ones, who speak their mind, according to a new study.

Despite years of protests from many angered by sexist blokes, the survey found that women are more unnerved by not knowing a man’s views on their place in the world than by overtly sexist attitudes.

To reach the conclusion, hundreds of women from the University of California were asked their views in tests taken in a variety of fictional office sets. Students taking the test in an office full of pictures of nude women fared the best, while women in the neutral office, featuring just a few stacks of paper, scored the worst.

“Ironically, if you know your enemy you’ve got a better chance of dealing with it than if you are constantly wondering whether you will be judged unfairly,” The Daily Star quoted study leader Dr Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, as saying.

Men more generous in presence of pretty ladies

Men become more charitable when in the presence of a woman they find pretty compared toone they find unattractive, say a group of psychologists.

however, women are not influenced by who they were with and showed little change in the amount of money they gave.

Professor Robin Dunbar, from the institute of cognitive and evolutionary anthropology at Oxford University who led the study, said that men appeared to use acts of generosity as a way of appealing to females they were attracted to.

“Buying presents to impress women has been a key part of mating rituals in humans for some time, but it appears that it is the act of generosity rather than the gift itself which is being used as a mating signal,” the Telegraph quoted him, as saying.

“We have found in previous studies that women are attracted to generous men. They seem to like heroic types for short term relationships, but altruists for long term relationships.

“Generosity could be a way for men to show their suitability to invest in a relationship and help in rearing offspring,” he added.

Researcher Wendy Iredale, form the department of psychology at the University of Kent, conducted the study with 45 male and 45 female volunteers who were asked to play a series of games that earned them up to 24 pounds in money.

The participants, who were not told the purpose of the study, were then asked if they would like to donate some of the earnings to charity.

On each occasion they were either left alone to donate, or observed either by a member of the opposite sex or the same sex as they made their donation. They were then asked to rate the attractiveness of the person in the room with them.

The scientists found that men donated between 50 per cent to 100 per cent of their earnings when a woman was in the room and were more generous when they were being watched by a woman they thought was attractive.

When they were with a man or unaccompanied they donated less than 40 per cent. The female volunteers donated an average of around 40 per cent regardless of who was in the room with them.

The research is published in the Personality and Individual Differences journal.

Courtesy: ANI