A new study suggests that smiling is seen as sexually attractive on women but not on men. The findings explain some enduring widely-believed phenomena and raise interesting questions about inter-racial attraction. read more
In contrast, men find women more attractive when they smile, and least attractive when they look proud and confident, the study of 1,084 heterosexual men and women shows. (read full story) Heterosexual men tend to find these women attractive. read more
This is somewhat ironic, because men sometimes smile at a woman they are wooing in an effort to make her feel liked — even though they don't genuinely feel like smiling otherwise — and in the process they could be lowering their own status, and making her like them less. read more
Women find happy men significantly less sexually attractive than those who swagger or brood, researchers said today. They are least attracted to smiling men, instead preferring those who looked proud and powerful, or moody and ashamed, according to a study. read more