Product Details

• Actors: Alan Dunn, Farrah Shaikh, Landon Ashworth, James Rhine, Derek Shah
• Producers: Simon Andreae, Oli Barry, Adam Fischer, Hank Stepleton, James Younger
• Format: Widescreen, Color, DVD, Dolby
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Discovery Communications, LLC
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0026KFYGM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,442 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The Science of Sex Appeal isolates every detail of human sex appeal and explores it in terms of its evolution and function. It shows us what is genetic, what is hormonal, and what neurological. What is based on sight, what on smell and what on small, subtle cues like voice and movement. Ultimately, it takes one of our deepest subconscious processes and lays it out to us in shocking and specific detail. You'll never look at a stranger, or your loved one, or yourself, in quite the same way again.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite Video for Classes, July 20, 2011

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Richard C. Wedemeyer - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Science of Sex Appeal (DVD)

I use this when discussing attraction and mating habits. Takes an evidence-based aproach that is easy to understand. Some unusual attention to Evolutionary Psychology sprinkled throughout the film. Very, very good film.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating & Current Research on Unconscious Influences (Scent, Voice, etc.) on Attraction, June 10, 2011

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This review is from: The Science of Sex Appeal (DVD)

Big emphasis on evolutionary psychology. Great research on scent, voice, and other subtle factors that affect attraction. The narrator's voice is a bit too soothing (and perhaps monotone), which could put viewers to sleep after awhile.

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Common Sense mixes with Junk Science, August 29, 2011

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Alan Hopkins (Stewartstown, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Science of Sex Appeal (DVD)

Much of this documentary is laughably obvious. Like that people tend to pair up with others whose attractiveness matches theirs. That men tend to prefer the common female body image (curves) and that women tend towards muscles. So many other obvious statements are made throughout. The best is where men 'buy cars to attract chicks'. Wow.

Then the 'scientists' weigh in. Several 'experiments' are conducted that, when considered closely, are logically flawed to the point of revealing nothing. Studies of tribal men are purported to determine why they are successful in producing offspring. The backdrop for all of this presumes that nature (or whatever) has created attractiveness so that people have the best chance of perpetuating the species. Meanwhile - these is never any serious correlation made between attractiveness and human preservation. There is a constant circle of theory, observation, theory, observation and never a real connection between them.

Watching this, I ended up wondering how many tax dollars has been wasted on this stuff and who pays guys like Prof. Kendrick their salary. What a joke.