Musicians get more dates, are more attractive

[jdd2]

www.psypost.org/2023/01/musicians-are-more-desirable-dates-to-both-men-and-women-supporting-darwins-sexual-selection-hypothesis-64835

"A new experimental study in Austria found that presenting a man as a performer of music significantly increased his desirability as a date and his attractiveness to women. Presenting a female as a performer of music increased her desirability as a date to men. The study was published in Frontiers in Psychology.

Scientists have long wondered about the origin and the social function of music. On the one hand, music is a universal phenomenon found in cultures across the world. On the other hand, musical behavior has no immediate survival value and it is, therefore, unclear how it evolved and became widespread in human populations."





Note: does not apply to bassists, being more date-able does not mean being more marry-able, and the woman in the pic probably easily gets dates

[drlj]

Ok, so how does Todd get so many gigs, then?

[Marshall]

Jan 17, 2023 6:52:25 GMT -5 jdd2 said:

and the woman in the pic probably easily gets dates

Ya think?

[Cornflake]

"A new experimental study in Austria found that presenting a man as a performer of music significantly increased his desirability as a date and his attractiveness to women."

I believe it. That's why I started playing guitar.

[Cornflake]

PS: It didn't work with Marilyn Miller when I was in high school.

[billhammond]

Jan 17, 2023 14:01:18 GMT -5 Cornflake said:

PS: It didn't work with Marilyn Miller when I was in high school.

The important thing is that it later did work with Diane.

[Dub]

When I started playing guitar, it was only about the music. I hadn’t played until after high school and it hadn’t occurred to me that girls might find it attractive. Learning that it did seem to engender some attraction turned out to be a mixed bag. I’ve never aspired to popular music.

[Russell Letson]

One high-school girlfriend and I bonded over guitar playing (and probably pheromones), but she was the only one. And C. may have chosen me despite my guitar playing.

[Cosmic Wonder]

What I’ve noticed is most male guitar players end up sitting on a uncomfortable chair in a small room watching another players fretting hand.

Mike

[dradtke]

Or has Pat Donahue pointed out, now he spends most of his time talking to middle aged guys about their fingernails.

[aquaduct]

Seemed to work for both me and my wife.

Go figure.

[Cornflake]

"What I’ve noticed is most male guitar players end up sitting on a uncomfortable chair in a small room watching another players fretting hand."

I always found it unnerving to see a good musician in the audience. I always assumed they were critiquing us.

[Marshall]

This is tangential. But when I hang at open mics, I find other players are the least interested in (and most critical of) what everyone else is playing. It's the non-musical spouses, or friends, of bar patrons that are the most attentive and receptive to the music.

[coachdoc]

Not my experience. Other musicians chatted with each other about the songs they were playing.

[millring]

Jan 17, 2023 18:05:52 GMT -5 Marshall said:

It's the non-musical spouses, or friends, of bar patrons that are the most attentive and receptive to the music.

The degree to which they act interested is the degree to which they are still romantically interested in anyone who is presently playing music. When they no longer act interested in the music, it is because they are no longer emotionally engaged with any musician present.

[Shannon]

I never knew what made Kathy take interest in me, and I still don't know. If it was my guitar or my piano, then I am certainly grateful.

[paleo]

Well, I'm hoping to one day be a musician, so I can put that theory to a test!

[RickW]

So, where were all those ladies when I was playing in bands? It’s a lie.

[howard lee]

Yes. It worked for Marilyn Manson, surely.

[PaulKay]

To the women who find "men who play guitar" more attractive may need to think twice about hooking up with a guy that (if he's actually good) likely spends 50-60% of his waking hours in the woodshed.
The appeal should fade fast.