New Study Suggests Fugly Men Have Happier Marriages

The NY Daily News reports on a new study in the Journal of Family Psychology that shows that couples are happier and more satisfied in their marriages when the man is less attractive than the woman. This could be partially due to the fact that men, the ones who are traditionally more likely to cheat, are less interested in other women when their wives are hot.

- Before I even read the second sentence, I was already thinking that was the reason. Weird...

Both spouses tended to behave more positively when wives were more attractive than their husbands and more negatively when husbands were more attractive than their wives,' said the study by UCLA's Benjamin Karney.

Karney also found that it doesn't matter how much better looking the wife is than the husband - just that there is a discrepancy.

From Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller to Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, beautiful women have been marrying less attractive men through the ages. Consider Howard Stern and his fiancee, Beth Ostrosky; Christina Aguilera and her geeky husband, Jordan Bratman, or Sienna Miller's latest fling with homely actor Rhys Ifans.

According to the study, it is evolution that dictates that physical attractiveness of long-term mates is more important to men than to women. Men are looking for a way to carry on their genes and see physical attractiveness as an indicator of strong genetics. 'Because physical attractiveness is less important to women, in contrast, relative attractiveness may only affect them through its effect on their husbands,' the study says.

The attraction is stronger when you're with someone fug. I say that from personal experience. Your emotions have nothing to do with the physical or the superficial and it's a genuine attraction to who that person is as a human being. That being said, I don't go out with fugly men. I like 'em tall and HOT just like Paris. ;)

I'm also a little suspicious of this study! It was conducted by a male. You know this Benjamin Karney dude is straight fug!

source

LINKAGE

• Oh no! Wonky eye included - CH
• Do you know who's preggo now? - DD
• Which diva says her husband "loves" her new cleavage? - CS
• "His big mistake was marrying that back up dancer" - AB
• Scarlett Johansson's boob falls out - RR
• How racist is Vogue's Lebron James cover? - BS
• The Trannycat Dolls' private parts - SOW
• Lauren Conrad thinks she has cleavage - ND
• Thoughts on American Idol's Chikezie getting the boot - PB
• Katharine McPhee's new career move - GB
• Usher has the hottest smile ever! And he loves doggies - DS
• Jenna Bush's orgasm face - WIMB
• America's Next Top Model recap - IBBB
• Angelina Jolie receives the most money - AIW