Psychology Research
The overall score rate was 6%, but men's chances increased if they wanted short-term hook-ups while the women wanted long-term relationships.
men mainly bas[ed] their decisions on facial attractiveness and women ... [on] willingness and desire to engage in short-term sexual encounters, low levels of shyness, and cues of current or future resource providing potential such as height, education, income, and openness to experience (but not indicators of steady resource striving such as conscientiousness).
chances of mating (i.e., having sex) with a speed-dating partner was 6%, whereas the chances of relating (i.e. ending up in a long-term relationship) with a speed-dating partner was 4%. These numbers were influenced by the mating orientation of the other sex, however. The chances of a women mating increased if their partner had a short-term mating orientation, and the chances of a man mating increased if their partner had a long-term mating orientation.
The overall score rate was 6%, but men's chances increased if they wanted short-term hook-ups while the women wanted long-term relationships.
men mainly bas[ed] their decisions on facial attractiveness and women ... [on] willingness and desire to engage in short-term sexual encounters, low levels of shyness, and cues of current or future resource providing potential such as height, education, income, and openness to experience (but not indicators of steady resource striving such as conscientiousness).
chances of mating (i.e., having sex) with a speed-dating partner was 6%, whereas the chances of relating (i.e. ending up in a long-term relationship) with a speed-dating partner was 4%. These numbers were influenced by the mating orientation of the other sex, however. The chances of a women mating increased if their partner had a short-term mating orientation, and the chances of a man mating increased if their partner had a long-term mating orientation.