Dating Studies

In my last post, I wrote about "what women want" and discussed a study done about how women prefer men with average-status jobs, rather than men with high-status jobs. The first study was done in the UK, with 186 female college students, in a controlled experiment, and written about at BBC. Recently there was an article published in the New York Times about a study done at the University of Chicago.

The University of Chicago study was done using dating profiles sample from Boston and San Diego with an older age group of people. They used a formula and whether people response to your email. They don't know for sure the people go on a date or not. What bothered me most about the study at University of Chicago is that they claim there is a correlation between height and income. It's absurd. The study goes as far to say: "A 5-foot-8 man was just as successful in getting dates as a 6-footer if he made more money — precisely $146,000 a year more."

Do I care about what women want? No, I care about what woman I want. I don't care how many dates I go on, I just care about finding the right one. Success in dating is getting married and being happy. Not how many dates you go on. I'm 5'8 and I find a woman 5'1 attractive but it's more rare to find one. Personally, I'm not picky about height, but I can't speak for everyone. It's always going to be rare to find someone you can spend the rest of your life with. Do you have make $200,000 more money if you live in a small town, to be successful on dating site? If you live in a small town, you probably won't be able to find someone on a dating site, because too few people in small towns use dating sites.

About the money thing, are American women looking for guys with money? Does money not matter to UK women? What about if you are in college? From the first study, it shows anyone in college does not see income as important, and actually a burden. Most people want a better job, maybe they are contacting guys that have more money for this reason, and not because they want a date. I don't see money being important in dating at all.