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The Science of Sex Appeal

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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.

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.

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.