paddington bear Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 Found this article from the Guardian: "According to psychologists, men are drawn to women who look like their mothers, while women are taken with men who resemble their fathers. The findings offer fresh evidence for what psychologists call 'sexual imprinting', where the kinds of faces we find appealing as adults are set, if not rigidly, in early childhood. ...argues the effect cannot be due to familiarity alone. If that were the case, women would be drawn to men whose faces were similar to their mothers as well as their fathers. Previous work by the same group showed that women who bonded most strongly with their foster-fathers were likely to end up with partners with a similar facial structure." Ok, so I have noticed this among friends, that the men they marry or are in LTR's with tend to have same shaped eyes, nose or jaw as their fathers, if not the same hair/skin colour. My question is...I grew up without a dad, so if this study is correct, anyone have any thoughts on who daughters of single mothers tend to be attracted to? Men who look like their mothers? Or do we have no 'imprint' set in early childhood of who we will in later life be attracted to? Sometimes I wonder if the lack of a male role model in my early life accounts for my disastrous love life during my adult years.
IfWishesWereHorses Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 I read this article also as well as some of the photographs or couples and their parents. Camilla Parker and Queen Elizabeth were the most obvious to me! I think its very freudian reguarding initial attractions but I don't believe it could possibly hold water determining successful long term relationships. I have always prefered men with dark hair and olive complexions like my father. That doesn't mean I would have a neccesarily healthy relationship with any dark haired man. I believe that very often people who have a history of disastorous relationships are repeating the same patterns over and over in an attempt to reconcile/repair some past issue/relationship, be it familial or romantic.
serial muse Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 My question is...I grew up without a dad, so if this study is correct, anyone have any thoughts on who daughters of single mothers tend to be attracted to? Men who look like their mothers? Or do we have no 'imprint' set in early childhood of who we will in later life be attracted to? I read about that study, too, and had the same question (because I also grew up without a dad). I wonder if the researchers included some analysis of that issue within the actual study...maybe I'll go look it up. But I agree, it's an interesting question!
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