What's the big attraction with men in bands/football players?

Thaedydal wrote: »

Omg!
What have you heard, really I haven't 'broken' that many....

I heard they named a hospital ward after you...:D

It's down to a basic attraction trigger. In this case in women. As I said high social value men get more women. High social value men have more resources socially than low value males. That can be applied to all cultures and situations. In our culture a rock star, movie stars, racing driver, footballer, billionaire are all examples of the pinnacle of that value. They're the extremes. In other cultures it might be how many cows or land etc a guy has.

So you get up on stage in some ballygobackwards pub and wail out bad teenage angst songs and at that moment in that context you are the highest social value male in the room. Cue interest from women. They are also somewhat wearing the mask of the higher value males. This goes for men too. High value females in this society, are judged on looks, youth and reproductive fitness. Slim, small waist, large(but not comically large) boobs, long legs etc. Say Kelly brook as a good example. Now you will have a woman that approaches that extreme and men will fawn over her. Of course if kelly brook actually walked in the local lass would be relegated to second place. Much in the same way if a 25 year old Mick jagger say strolled into the pub in ballygobackwards.

The promiscuity angle is simple enough I reckon. Faced with those triggers we all try to get the highest value mate we can get based on our own value. Study after study have shown that we do this anyway. If ten couples pictures are separated into individual men and women and people are asked to match them as couples, the accuracy rate is very high. Generally, the only thing that will skew it is the wealth/social power of the man. If we get the chance to get with an extreme that we normally wouldnt get near then many will take that risk. Both men and women(unless in the early stages of luuurve).

A guy may not cheat on his partner with Maureen down the road. The risk won't be worth the reward. But chances go up a lot if he is propositioned by someone like the aforementioned kelly brook. He may prefer a long termer, but will take the one nighter if offered.

Same goes for women. Indeed in my experience young women, especially high value women are more likely to keep an eye open for a better opportunity(to cheat or more often move up in status permanently). I would say the lower the status of the man compared to his partner the higher the chances of cheating. Later on it's more likely to be men that do it. Basically more 22 year old women playing away than 22 year old men and more 45 year old men playing away than 45 year old women.

But after all that BS, GAA players? really don't get it.

Thaedydal wrote: »

ah ok that makes more sense if you mean broken in terms of the mental and emotional rather then physical.

You're a Dub,

Thank God....

you have not experienced how GAA players esp the srn team county panel who do well are treated like demi gods in small towns.

..... for this reason:p:D

Moonbaby wrote: »

Anyway who I really don't understand are the "It's got a pee pee and a pulse and it works in my office" groupies.

WW3 broke out in my Sis'es place last year, because one of the girls managed to snog the aforementioned object of everyones affection.
She ended up getting lectured on sisterhood, while being held hostage in the stationary cupboard.

People are very situational and actually quite easy to predict and in that situation, office pulse boy is the highest value male, hence the attraction. Throw in women being more socially competitive and it can get whipped up into a frenzy that the object didn't deserve in the first place. They dislike her because a) she "won" and b) has killed the fantasy. If any of them think they're higher value(better looking) than your sis then they'll really dislike her.