In a classic US study in which students were randomly assigned rooms, the single greatest predictor of who paired off with whom was not looks, personality or similarity but how close their rooms were. In other words, proximity, or the sheer amount of contact time, is what counts. Taking a second look is also backed up by market researchers who interviewed women coming out of US marriage licence bureaux. Twenty per cent had not liked their intended when they first met.
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Partly this was my fault for genuinely liking women and inviting them out whether I fancied them or not. But while I had loads of “just friends” girlfriends, for a few I did harbour a secret tendresse, which months, nay, years, down the line I might own up to in a fit of embarrassing, friendship-threatening candour. By then, of course, as far as the woman was concerned, I really was consigned to the friend and confidante camp. Rather that than dirty old man.
Nota do redator: Juro que nunca vi "Sex and the City", mas quero ser o Jack Bauer.
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