Men, Porsches and Peacocks
Women! If you want to get married, stay away from the guys who drive the flashy cars!
I found this hilarious study on AOL Health News:
Are Men Who Flaunt Flashy Cars Not the ‘Marrying Kind?’
Conspicuous spending often driven by desire to have flings, researchers say.
By Mary Elizabeth Dallas, HealthDay News
SATURDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) — Men who drive Porsches or flaunt other flashy possessions are usually not the “marrying kind,” a new study suggests.
Researchers from Rice University, the University of Texas-San Antonio (UTSA), and the University of Minnesota found that conspicuous spending by men is often driven by the desire to have uncommitted romantic flings. They also pointed out that although flashy spending may get a woman’s attention, she won’t be picking out china patterns any time soon.
“This research suggests that conspicuous products, such as Porsches, can serve the same function for some men that large and brilliant feathers serve for peacocks,” study author Jill Sundie, an assistant professor of marketing at UTSA, said in a news release from Rice University.
Just as peacocks flaunt their brightly colored tails to attract potential mates, certain men show off flashy products, like brightly colored sports cars, to draw the attention of women, the study found. The researchers also indicated that the men who pursued this strategy were only interested in short-term sexual relationships with women.
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Intlxpatr :
Ok , That peacock ,AdventureMan, what was his car when you first met him ?
LLOOOOOLLLL! He drove a two or three year old Volkswagon Beetle. What do you drive, Daggero?
I drive sports cars – always have. When I brought mine to Kuwait, a colleague told me that no one in Kuwait would ever want to marry me driving that kind of car. Not because of his words, but because of a bad accident, I switched to a “respectable” 4x. It doesn’t make a difference, only I’m not as happy as I was driving the fun car.
If someone is going to cheat, they’ll cheat – even if they’re out driving around in their wife’s mini-van. I had a LOT of those kinds follow me around.
Sports cars are fun, DG, but I find I kind of like being a little higher off the ground, where I have a view of things going on around me . . . especially in Kuwait. But what your colleague said is interesting – in Kuwait, a woman driving a hot car would be associated with low morals?
You are right, a man who is going to cheat is going to cheat no matter what. And, as the study points out, men who go for the flashy cars, watches, life are probably lower on the probability scale for marriage partners; they have other priorities.
What? They needed a study to show this?
LOL, Momcat, hilarious, huh?
Intlxpatr :
i drive a Ford Explorer ,so i guess that makes me a rooster than a peacock
A very manly vehicle; when I think of Ford Explorers, I think of dune bashing in Qatar.