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If the dancing won't attract em...maybe my stellar personality, receding hairline and extra weight will. those guys are getting 20 year old bombshells somehow.
Oh yeah...it's the special part of a man that attracts a certain type of trophy woman...usually in his vest pocket or butt cheek pocket. The thicker the better.



^ That does seem to work, specially when I go to places where I am NOT the one doing the dancing...
It's guys like this that give science a really bad name. And the moron reporters who enable them.
This was not a scientific research study. Or even a "study."
It was a "survey" by a guy who runs a "Dance Psychology Lab" and who is himself a former dancer ("Dr. Dance") who apparently craves media attention now that he's no longer on stage.
In science, "stupid" is spelled "BIAS."
Quick! Two seconds to guess the conclusions that "Dr. Dance" found in his "survey." Real answer: He charges older men money to show them how to avoid "Dad Dancing," a concept that does not actually exist. I mean other than his making it up out of whole cloth.
I was suspicious not only because the concept was totally lame and moronic on its face (white European males in the general population are pretty awful dancers across the board -- even young ones -- compared to every other life form, and I get to say that because I am one) but also because dancing plays almost no meaningful role in modern female-to-male sexual attraction in the general population, other than a source of occasional snorting humor, which a person with about 30 seconds of psychological training already knows.
The only exception I can think of is trained (professional) male dancers, or men with strong physical prowess that they choose to exhibit through dance. In this case, it's their physical condition that attracts, not the dancing itself.
Anyway, when male dancing did play a role within the general population -- prior to about 2,000 years ago -- it was a social marker of status, physical strength and defensive capabilities in a pre-civilized society where those things mattered. Today guys with money and/or social status have bodyguards, security gates, fortress homes, record labels, $125,000 cars, yachts and, the ultimate status symbol, the Secret Service.
Last edited by Djoser; 11-04-2012 at 05:48 PM. Reason: I agree about him but no politics





^ Nice one on the Bush comment. I'm guessing the guys at Cracked.com didn't worry about the study when they posted for comic relief. This is all turned a bit serious for me, interesting to hear about author, but too serious. It is obvious that females pick men based on more than one factor, but one night stands? if he can't dance then its over...





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You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Free your mind, and your ass will follow.
George Clinton
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You mean when my ex was 38 and broke out into doing The Jerk in the middle of a parking lot
while my daughter and I looked on in amused horror,
and cars slowed down to watch (probably wondering if he needed medical attention)
was all evolution?![]()
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Well, I dont know what it was, but it was something...something special alright.![]()
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What's The Jerk? Do I really want to know? There's probably a YouTube of it somewhere.
Oh speaking of which, here is a Youtube tribute to one of the most amazing dance performers in history--a 'dad' aged white man, Gene Kelly. The swordfight sequences in The Three Musketeers are fucking amazing, and there's even a little pole type stuff lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfSUgFRJI5g
ETA--fuck now I am pissed, I wanted to find just the best swordfight scene from The Three Musketeers and Time Warner has blocked the best videos-- but it's well worth getting the movie just to watch them. The guy was a phenomenal athlete, and incredibly graceful at the same time.
Last edited by Djoser; 11-04-2012 at 09:21 AM.
You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Free your mind, and your ass will follow.
George Clinton
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Nah you dont want to know....LoL Its a dance that I think caught on between kids, up to the age of maybe 15?![]()
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Oh OK no wonder I don't know lol.
My dad couldn't dance for shit, I saw him try once and it was funny as hell. He was drunk and having a lot of fun with his future wife, totally uninhibited, just the three of us hanging out in his house--and I was rolling on the floor crying it was so funny. But he didn't have to dance, he had a lot of money and looked like fucking Hercules. I mean literally. Imagine Hercules dancing to Aretha Franklin 'Respect'.
I got the more slender lean type build and chose to be an artist like a damned fool, didn't have a lot of money as a young man. So I had to dance well haha. Done a little less of it down here though. Key West is a great party town, but curiously lacking in good dance clubs.
You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Free your mind, and your ass will follow.
George Clinton
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"It would seem completely unsurprising to me that since middle-aged men have passed their natural reproductive age, and probably have a family already, evolution would act to ensure they are no longer attractive to 18-year-old girls,"
It generally does... and it has nothing to do with how they dance, lol.





Funny article. My dad is an amazing dancer but he is part Latin (and possibly part African and Native American)so I figure those genes play a part in the fact he dances well. Then again he isn't trying to attract a younger woman, he is content with my mom.
Oddly I do prefer men who dance good and not stupid. The guy I am working on dating is a fantastic dancer too. Generally speaking the men I knew who couldn't dance were goofballs anyway. I always laugh at men who think by dancing these ridiculous moves they will attract women because they will not.
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Awe! Im the opposite actually... I like when a guy can let loose and have fun, and not be wrapped up in how he looks or what people must think of him... I prefer that to the guy who stays planted in his chair and says "I dont dance, but you want to want to...go ahead Ill just sit here and watch you" No matter how many times I hear that, its still creepy as all give out. lol
most times, when I do get a guy to dance who is self conscious, hes not nearly as bad as he thinks he is...and if he really is horrible and looks a fool, Ill just dance like a fool too... I have fun with it I! Ive had mad fun doing the fish, the robot and I do a mean sprinklerI once was in the club doing that, and just cracking myself up so much that a whole bunch of girls joined me and started doing the sprinkler too, and the cabbage patch! The DJ noticed the madness, and started playing a bunch of early 90's music... everyone over 30 was like OMG thats my song! to every song and doing all these old school dances
Ohhhh man....good times, good times...
Of course, my daughter hears me tell her stuff like this, and shes all...and that is why I cant go out with you in public![]()
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Oh I don't mind those guys you mention but they aren't the ones who are acting stupid in my experience. I'm talking the guys who think they can dance then act obnoxious. However the guys who don't dance at all are the most boring guys and experience has shown me they tend to be lousy in bed too.
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