Want To Ask Her/Him Out? Bring Your Camera!

A recent study revealed that photography is considered to be one of THE most attractive qualities to single men and women.

This result came from a study called the “Creative Behavior Mating Preferences Checklist” conducted by the University of Pennsylvania. The excerpt below is from an article we found on Fast Company.

We don’t need science to know that creativity is sexy. Mick Jagger’s number proves that point. As do anecdotes from everyone’s lives about far lesser musicians than the Rolling Stones. In one recent study—conducted, of course, in France—a male researcher solicited phone numbers from 300 random young women on the street. He got more digits when carrying a guitar case than when carrying a gym bag or nothing at all.

So I guess it would stand to reason that if you’re trying to get phone numbers you should take your camera with you. Bring your new Canon, Nikon, Sony or better yet – a vintage Leica and you’ll almost certainly get a date.

Altogether, “creative displays that evoke perceptual, aesthetic, and emotional qualities in the perceiver are considered most sexually attractive by most humans,” writes Kaufman at his Scientific American blog, where he summarized the findings.

To investigate the sexual attractiveness of various forms of creativity, Kaufman and company recruited 815 study participants—predominantly young women (696). Participants completed a battery of online surveys related to creativity as well as their own personality. The critical survey listed 43 creative behaviors and asked participants to rate the sex appeal of each.

Here are 15 sexiest creative behaviors, as rated by female participants:

1. Playing sports
2. Taking a date on a spontaneous road trip
3. Recording music
4. Making a clever remark
5. Writing music
6. Performing in a band
7. Taking artistic photographs
8. Performing in comedy
9. Dressing in a unique style
10. Writing poetry
11. Inventing new recipes
12. Drawing pictures
13. Making sculptures
14. Writing short stories
15. Styling your hair in an interesting way

You can read the entire article over at Fast Company

Source: Fast Company