The plan is to get 3 different males, photograph each one 3 times. One photo the guy will be happy, another of him neutral, the last one of him "brooding" (so looking down, pouty, shameful, depressed, deep in thought. Something like that).
The girl has to rate each picture on a scale of 1-10 (1 being the least and 10 being the most attractive). This is to see if the brooding boy really is what females prefer today.
This experiment is based on/ is a simplified version of a scientific study
That link I just shared is one of many articles that say exactly the same thing (sometimes the wording is exactly the same as well). That women are attracted to prideful or brooding men more than the happy one. I chose that website specifically because it includes these quotes:
"The study also adds fuel to the notion that women are attracted to bad boys.
"Women are attracted to guys like James Dean, Edward the vampire. The guys who are flawed, but who know it and are tortured by it," Tracy said.(Jessica Tracy, a University of British Columbia psychology professor who directed the study.)
A slightly downcast expression of shame is an appeasement gesture that hints at a need for sympathy.
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"When people want a long-term relationship they take much more into account than sexual attractiveness. How nice a person is, is a big thing," Tracy said.
"So we're not saying, don't be a nice guy," she said."
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