Study: Flamboyant male dancing attracts women best

AP ^ | 9-8-10 | Maria Cheng

[WOBBLY BOB]

LONDON — John Travolta was onto something. Women are most attracted to male dancers who have big, flamboyant moves similar to the actor's trademark style, British scientists say in a new study. Kris McCarty and colleagues at Northumbria University and the University of Gottingen in Germany asked 19 men aged 18 to 35 who were not professional dancers to dance in a laboratory for one minute to a basic drum rhythm. They filmed the men's movements with a dozen cameras, and then turned those movements into computer-generated avatars so the study could focus on moves, not appearances. Scientists then showed the dancing avatars to 37 women, who rated their skills on a scale of 1 to 7. According to the women, the best dancers were those who had a wide range of dance moves and focused on the head, neck and torso. The research was published this week in the journal, Biology Letters, a publication of Britain's Royal Society. It was paid for by Northumbria University.

[WOBBLY BOB]

[MAD-AS-HELL]

I think John Travolta would rather pick up the same flamboyant male dancers than the women that don’t realize he’s more into twigs and berries than bush.

[fungoking]

Men are most attracted to male dancers who have big, flamboyant moves....

Hey that headline works too.

[WOBBLY BOB]

Not sure why I'm captioned in Russian...

[rlmorel]

Never worked for me...:)

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Flamboyant male dancing attracts women best....and some flamboyant males....

[Retired Greyhound]

This is hugh.

[Le Chien Rouge]

Women also think they can ‘flip’(make straight) Flamboyant male dancers.

[combat_boots]

Since when is a power structure by whatever group that replaces a power structure that is despised by said group anything else but lust for that same power? So much for ‘diversity.’

Still waters run deep, not sideways.

[Hodar]

According to the women, the best dancers were those who had a wide range of dance moves and focused on the head, neck and torso.

Darn, so all that Riverdancing practice was a waste of time.

[CharlesWayneCT]

So girls like guys who are on fire floating in swimming pools?

:-)

[poobear]

It certainly weeds out the Gays faster ;D!

[Durus]

huh?

[Vicki]

Women have always been attracted to good dancers. Most women love to dance so a man who likes to dance and does it well is a plus.

[b4its2late]

Alcohol enhances the dancer and the watcher.

[stylecouncilor]

[b4its2late]

And vey series!

[Yo-Yo]

[Eepsy]

[Frantzie]

That cartoon is pretty g*y. Is that Charlie Crist and Lindsay Graham-nesty?