The Definitive Book of Body Languagebody shape. To men, this signals high levels of health and a
woman's ability to successfully reproduce his genes.
Evidence shows that men are more attracted to women with
a child-like face - large eyes, small noses, full lips and cheeks
— because these signals evoke paternal, protective feelings in
most men. This is why most advertising for cosmetic surgery
places so much emphasis on these features. Women, con-
versely, prefer men with adult faces that show the ability to
defend - strong jaws, larger brows and strong nose.Women with child-like faces cause the release of hormones
in men that make them want to protect females.The good news is that a woman doesn't need to be naturally
beautiful to attract a man - beauty certainly gives her an initial
edge over competitors - she mainly needs to be able to display
the signs that she could be available. This is why some women
who are not particularly physically attractive always seem to
have plenty of suitors. Overall, a man is more attracted to a
woman by the signs of her availability than by her physical
attractiveness, and you can learn and practise availability
signals. Some women are appalled at the idea of modern men
being initially attracted to a woman based on her appearance
and availability instead of wanting her for her ability to
nurture, communicate, be a domestic goddess or play the
piano. They see discussions on this subject as degrading to
modern women.
But almost every study into attraction conducted over the
last 60 years reached the same conclusions as the painters,
poets and writers over the past 6000 years - a woman's appear-
ance and body and what she can do with it is more attractive
to men than her intelligence or assets, even in the politically
correct twenty-first century. The twenty-first-century man
wants the same immediate things in a woman as his fore-
fathers did at first sight, but, as we said in Why Men Lie &
Women Cry, he has different criteria for a long-term partner.