Psychological study: Men are attracted to non-conformist women.

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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/men-are-attracted-to-nonconformist-women/

In the new work, which studied subjects who identified as either heterosexual or bisexual, both women and men preferred nonconformist partners—those whose clothes, opinions or life decisions broke the norm—when selecting from online dating profiles, describing ideal partners or picturing dates with people they had just met.

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Other research has shown breaking rules to be a good indicator of status and power, which may explain part of its appeal for both sexes, but gender role expectations have yet to catch up.

“The old-fashioned gender stereotype—that men go for conformist, submissive women—has been slow to die,” says lead author Matthew Hornsey, a social psychologist at the University of Queensland in Australia. “I'm intrigued by the notion of the ‘girls' night out’ and how many women feel as though they can be more unguarded without men around—more relaxed, more crass, more honest, more funny. And I keep thinking, ‘Why are you keeping this good stuff to yourselves? Men would love it!’”



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"If you want to land a man, you must look like this and behave like this. You must memorize all of Cosmopolitan's 1000 tips how to satisfy the man in your life."
Well, I think the best answer to this misconception is a quote from "Bridget Jones":

"I like you very much just as you are."





EDIT: I changed the title to a more conformist one after receiving complaints from commenters.