Perfect Man Survey

[Al B. Sure!]

http://living.msn.com/love-relationships/the-heart-beat-blog-post?post=912d1372-51d0-4082-b5ef-ca24e757d779&gt1=32166

According to the poll by Austin Reed, the perfect man earns about $77K a year, drinks beer and drives an Audi.
But wait, men. Before you get bent out of shape, there's even more.
Women also want men to have stylish clothes, a good body and a clean-shaven face. In fact, in the survey of 2,000 women, they list those qualities as a "must." The hipster beards just aren't cutting it anymore.
The perfect guy also can swim, rides a bike, and makes family his top priority.
Anything else?
Yep. Eighty-six percent of women polled say they want a sensitive man who calls his mom regularly and cries during movies.

And we're not even done yet. Women also prefer men to be 6 feet tall with short, dark hair and brown eyes. Can we be any more specific? Yes, we can. He must also be a carnivore.

Here's a full list of qualities the perfect man apparently possesses:
6 feet tall
Toned and athletic
Brown eyes
Short dark hair
Smart dress sense
Beer drinker
Non-smoker
Wears smart jeans, shirt and a V-neck jumper
Gets ready in 17 minutes
Stylish
Wants a family
Earns £48,000 ($77,000) a year
Loves shopping
Eats meat
Clean shaven
Smooth chest
Watches soaps
Enjoys watching football
Drives an Audi
Educated to degree level
Earns more than his other half
Jokes around and has a laugh
Sensitive when his wife/girlfriend is upset
Says 'I love you' only when he means it
Admits it when he looks at other women
Has a driver's license
Can swim
Can ride a bike
Can change a tire
Calls mom regularly

6 feet tall: well 6'2" is just as good, right?
Toned and athletic: check
Brown eyes: check
Short dark hair: check



Now I just need to make $77K/yr and an Audi and I got this perfect man thing...

[Zoetstofzoetje]

wants babies, makes lots of money, should have gone at the top. the rest are fringe benefits for women.

[Al B. Sure!]

wants babies, makes lots of money, should have gone at the top. the rest are fringe benefits for women.

I concur.

[Provost Harrison]

According to the poll by Austin Reed, the perfect man earns about $77K a year, drinks beer and drives an Audi.

Except the money bit of course. I don't earn 48k...

[Provost Harrison]

I think I do well on that scale. I'm not 6 foot but that is a little out of my control. Why are women so obsessive about this height thing...it makes no sense. And oddly enough can't ride a bike. Long story...

[Provost Harrison]

Oh and...

Wears smart jeans, shirt and a V-neck jumper

*yawn*

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Given that it's a poll conducted by Austin Reed, this means it's the priorities held by a narrow band of vapid and status-obsessed consumerists.

And no, closet cases- that is not true of women in general.

[Al B. Sure!]

I think I do well on that scale. I'm not 6 foot but that is a little out of my control. Why are women so obsessive about this height thing...it makes no sense. And oddly enough can't ride a bike. Long story...

The world is obsessed with height. The majority of CEO's are over 6 foot, the taller US presidential candidate usually wins, etc. Romney is 6'2" and Obama is 6'1", for example.

Previous observations have shown that taller candidates have won 58 percent of U.S. presidential elections and the popular vote in 67 percent of the elections between 1789 and 2008, a phenomenon known as the "presidential height index."

The researchers carried out two studies with 467 students from public and private colleges in the United States. They looked at leadership in two ways, from the leader's perspective and from that of the follower.

The first group was asked to do three drawings: their "ideal leader," one "typical citizen" and a leader meeting a citizen. Researchers analyzed the third drawing, comparing the height of the citizen and the leader, revealing 64 percent drew a taller leader.

In the second study, students answered questions about their own leadership potential. Those who were taller had more confidence and said they were more likely to run for public office.

"People of greater physical stature emerge as candidates and we see why," he said. "They feel they are more effective and more capable of running and more likely to put themselves forward."

I got to say I probably am blessed to be 6'2". It's probably opened up a world of privilege for me that I am never fully aware of. In school, I was always chosen as the leader of every group project, it probably was a major reason why I was so good at sales when I worked at Wells Fargo, etc.


I can't ride a bike either. Didn't have one growing up.

[Provost Harrison]

Yeah, same here pretty much.

But hey Albert, don't worry...this list is, well, bizarre. Must drive an Audi and swim...I can imagine the strange look I would get if I went up to a women and said "I drive a TT and can swim 3km in an hour" would be quite, well, interesting...

[Dauphin]

[Dauphin]

Yeah, same here pretty much.

But hey Albert, don't worry...this list is, well, bizarre. Must drive an Audi and swim...I can imagine the strange look I would get if I went up to a women and said "I drive a TT and can swim 3km in an hour" would be quite, well, interesting...

You swim 3km an hour in your car?

[Al B. Sure!]

W. Bush: 5 11.5
Clinton: 6 2
H. W. Bush: 6 2
Ronald Reagan: 6 1

[Dauphin]

Sure, US presidents are tall (even Roosevelt if he hadn't been in a wheelchair). I just found the photo funny.

[Provost Harrison]

You swim 3km an hour in your car?

Yeah, the problem is that sometimes I quite literally flood the engine

[Provost Harrison]

You know, to look at that, you'd never think Cameron is as tall as Obama...