All Smiles!... Or Not.

I read a very interesting newspaper article a while back. Turns out that according to a study carried out in University of British Columbia, women find brooding men sexier than men who smile all the time; and men find smiling women sexier than those who, well, don't smile.

The men part, I can understand. It's a well known thing that the brooding, reserved hotshots are the ones who make women weak in the knees. Some good examples are Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca, the dude from Gone With the Wind, the dude from My Fair Lady, the dude from Funny Face, and the list goes on (don't ask me why I decided to pick all the old movies... they're classics and better than a lot of the over-hormonal rubbish we see nowadays). One really good example that supports this hypothesis can be found in the movie Pretty In Pink. Remember that one? (Also, don't ask me why I'm talking like a grandmother who actually lived in the time of Audrey Hepburn and is hating on today's youth. I guess I'm just a very different teenager...) In Pretty In Pink, the main girl, Andie, goes for the brooding and slightly mysterious Blane rather than Duckie, her awesome, always smiling and dancing (remember the record shop scene? My favourite!) best friend who was in love with her.

You can guess which one this is. 

There are however exceptions... Sometimes the girl might find the brooding guy sexy but will eventually go with the guy who makes her laugh. I'd do that. Most of the guys I've had huge crushes on are hilarious! The other, more quiet ones are hot, but I got tired of them pretty quickly.

The study about women has left me a little confused. I completely understand why men would find smiling women more attractive, but what I don't understand is why teenage girls STILL choose to give up their pretty smiles for the weird pouts that they always choose to do in photographs??? Wide bright smiles are great, half smiles are cute too, no smile is a little sad but a pout is just... weird. I mean, if you pout once in a while, that's great. But IN EVERY SINGLE PICTURE? I mean, don't their lips hurt after a while?? It's like they're constantly in kiss-mode! I don't mean to hate on anybody who does this... I just find it a little strange that you would want to hide your smiles! Show the world that you're happy! Smile! Be confident!

I know some girls who pout in all their pictures because they want to attract the guys. Well, nothing attracts a guy more than confidence and positivity; and now, this study proves it! *Wink*