Drinking alcohol reduces the attractiveness of the opposite sex and makes no difference to a man's ability at guessing a woman's age, according to a study in the British Journal of Psychology.
"Overall participants who drank alcohol actually rated all the women in the photos as less attractive (compared to the participants who hadn't drunk alcohol). This seemingly flies in the face of the commonly held notion of 'beer goggles,'" Egan said.
I think more field research needs to be done before a conclusion can be reached. I wonder if a person could get a research grant for this? Beer ain't cheap these days.
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The perceived attractiveness of the opposite sex is not the issue, the issue is that attractiveness goes way down the scale of importance as opposed to availability.
Drinking alcohol doesn't make you blind, it makes you not care about what you see.
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Umm, that study is complete BS. Less than a month ago I saw and recorded my buddy making out with what appears to be an 80 year old British Divorce' on the dancefloor after some Jamaican shrooms Rum.
Beer goggles most definately exist. They cause what appear to be sane men to do insane things to women they would normally never take a second look at.
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The perceived attractiveness of the opposite sex is not the issue, the issue is that attractiveness goes way down the scale of importance as opposed to availability.
Drinking alcohol doesn't make you blind, it makes you not care about what you see.
I wonder if a person could get a research grant for this? Beer ain't cheap these days.
As an undergrad I participated in a similar study. I went to a lab, watched a video of some girl walking down the street. Then they gave me a couple drinks and played a different video of the same girl and had me complete a questionnaire to see if my opinion of the girl had changed. I was a control subject (not Mormon) and didn't see a change. I was disappointed.
The girl administering the test was not bad though.
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As an undergrad I participated in a similar study. I went to a lab, watched a video of some girl walking down the street. Then they gave me a couple drinks and played a different video of the same girl and had me complete a questionnaire to see if my opinion of the girl had changed. I was a control subject (not Mormon) and didn't see a change. I was disappointed.
The girl administering the test was not bad though.
Yeah, but just walking down the street isn't the right test. Dim the lights, pump dance music and have her move on the floor like an Orion Slave Girl and get the result would differ.
As an undergrad I participated in a similar study. I went to a lab, watched a video of some girl walking down the street. Then they gave me a couple drinks and played a different video of the same girl and had me complete a questionnaire to see if my opinion of the girl had changed. I was a control subject (not Mormon) and didn't see a change. I was disappointed.
The girl administering the test was not bad though.
Clearly you needed more alcohol. I suppose the study was underfunded though and didn't have the money to properly inebriate their test subjects. Or were you the unfortunate one who drew the short straw and had to remain relatively sober?
You might as well stop blaming the "beer goggles"
my buddy making out with what appears to be an 80 year old British Divorce' on the dancefloor after some Jamaican shrooms Rum.
