If you want men to find you attractive as a woman, then a new study says you got to look vulnerable…The study which was published  this year in  Evolution and Human Behavior  from the University of Texas–Austin considered what they called the sexual exploitability hypothesis based on the idea that for ancestral women, casual intercourse with an emotionally unattached man who you weren’t sure would stick around to raise any potential offspring was not a good move.

On the other hand, when it comes to men who have what it seems like an unlimited number of sperm cells, wasting a few on women you have no intention of being with is not a big deal. Some of us know this already.

However, the researchers went deep to see specifically if whether any indication that a woman’s guard is lowered is a turn-on for the average man.

To explore this, the researchers asked a large group of students (103 men and 91 women) to identify some “specific actions, cues, body postures, attitudes, and personality characteristics” that might indicate receptivity or vulnerability to advances, then they found photos displaying the 88 cues of sexual exploitability that were identified. After that, a new group of 76 male participants was presented with these images in a randomized sequence and asked what they thought of each woman’s overall attractiveness, how easy it would be to “exploit” her using a variety of tactics (everything from seduction to physical force), and her appeal to them as either a short-term or a long-term partner.

The final results were actually mixed. Physical cues of vulnerability—for instance pictures of short women or heavier ones—had no effect. These women weren’t necessarily seen as easy in bed, nor were they judged as being particularly appealing partners for either a casual fling or a lifelong marriage. On the other hand, the more psychological and contextual cues, like pictures of dim-witted or immature-seeming women—or women who looked sleepy or intoxicated—did have an effect. Men not only rated them as being easy to get in bed, they were also perceived as being more physically attractive than female peers who seemed more lucid or quick-witted.

Though not all men are like this, it does still not hurt to give it a try as woman when you have been long waiting for that man to approach you. If you want to be seen more attractive and get them coming to you, just pretend to be vulnerable or dim-witted…LOL