What do Singaporean women want in a guy?
Social status, claimed a recent study by psychology professor Dr Norman Li.
Intelligence, said Dr Lee Wei Ling, director of the National Neuroscience Institute, who ran a straw poll in response to his research.
Her World asked 148 women who their dream guy was, quizzing them on everything from his looks to spending power, and guess what - good cooks and geeks scored.
When it comes to his crowning glory, he sports:
A neat, short and slick style like Ryan Gosling: 69%
A boyish, floppy mop like Zac Efron: 15%
Wavy curls like Johnny Depp: 13%
A shaved head or bald pate like Chris Daughtry and Jason Statham: 3%
Here's how he measures up in height:
1.75-1.8m: 51%
1.7-1.75m: 29%
Above 1.8m: 17%
Under 1.7m: 3
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"Ideally, he'll dress in Giorgio Armani and choose simplicity and comfort over the superfluous. He'll have the boyish charms of Taiwanese actor Godfrey Tsao and an intense gaze a la Hollywood superstar Keanu Reeves." - Michelle Chew, 40, brand manager
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"My dream man would make me laugh like comedian Adam Sandler, and protect me with his kungfu star Jet Li-esque power-abs!" - Kong Su San, 25, civil servant
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He has skin like...
Hugh Jackman, tanned & rugged: 70%
Robert Pattinson, fair & smooth: 30%
Ka-ching! His earnings are...
Nothing less than mine: 50%
At least 25% or more than mine: 16%
At least 10% to 20% more than mine: 7%
It doesn't matter: 27%
He works as a…
Entrepreneur: 36%
Writer: 25%
Lawyer: 14%
Doctor: 13%
Teacher: 10%
Actor or model: 2%
His highest level of education attained:
University: 68%
Postgraduate: 28%
Post-secondary: 4%
Hairy chest - yay or nay?
Nay!: 79%
Yay!: 21%
In the bedroom, he's most like…
The tender, sensitive lover; he's attentive to my needs and desires: 60%
Mr Take Control; he initiates sex and knows what he wants: 40%
The qualities we value most (in order of importance):
- Intelligence
- Caring and nurturing
- Confidence
- Ambition
- Family-oriented
- Adventurous
- Good looks
His personality most closely matches...
The geeky intellectual - my go-to person if I have a problem: 51%
Mr Give-Me-A-Good-Time - fun, sociable and up for anything: 21%
The high-rolling banker - oozes money and class: 3%
The sensitive new-age guy - emotionally attuned to my needs: 25%
When it comes to his sexual history, he is...
A virgin: 22%
Just as experienced as myself: 20%
More sexually experienced: 21%
It doesn't matter: 37%
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"He'll have celeb chef Anthony Bourdain's adventurous appetite and be a wonderful cook like Jamie Oliver (left) - we can hang out in the kitchen together!" - Vanessa Frida, 33, corporate communications manager
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"My dream guy is a mish-mash of superheroes - he has Thor's masculine voice and body, is as kind as Captain America, and can read my mind like Professor X." - Yanny Li, 25, senior brand executive
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He cooks and gives great foot rubs and shoulder massages: 61%
He has an amazing voice to serenade me with: 21%
He intuitively knows my tastes and buys me things I like: 18%
He has a bod like...
David Beckham, toned and athletic: 61%
Shia LaBeouf, lean and lanky: 30%
Ruben Studdard, like a velvet teddy bear: 5%
Dwayne Johnson ("The Rock"), big and brawny: 4%
Let's hear it from the men…
We couldn't let you have all the fun! Her World polled 100 guys on their dream woman - and they surprised us by giving brainy book-lovers and athletic beauties the thumbs up!
She has a figure like...
Jessica Biel, toned, healthy and athletic: 37%
Blake Lively, voluptuous and curvy: 19%
Keira Knightley, tall and slim: 17%
Kristen Bell, small and petite: 17%
Jennifer Hudson, full of womanly curves: 10%
If she had one extra talent, it would be...
She's read all the books and seen all the films in the world - guaranteeing lively conversations: 39%
She loves (and is good at) the same activities he and his guy pals enjoy, like sports: 28%
She's an amazing cook and can recreate his fave restaurant dishes: 25%
She gives great oral sex: 8%
He loves a woman who has...
A chic mid-length bob like Scarlett Johansson (left): 56%
Long, flowing locks like Angelina Jolie: 35%
A funky short do like Emma Watson's pixie crop: 9%
The qualities he values most (in order of importance):
- Intelligence
- Caring and nurturing
- Confidence
- Beauty
- Family-oriented
- Adventurous
- Ambition
63% don't mind if she wears spectacles.
The most she can earn before he feels uncomfortable:
It doesn't matter how much she earns: 54%
Equal or 5% to 10% more than him: 24%
25% to 30% more than him: 15%
"I'd be uncomfortable if she were earning any more than me": 7%
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Talent
Wealth
Charm
Looks
Heart
Influential
Virile
Two words - George Clooney :p
Some say men should have "hair" as in black stringy stuff. I say men should have H.A.I.R.
HUMOUR TO SEDUCE AND MAGNETISE
ATHLETIC QUALITIES IN THE TROUSER AND BEDROOM DEPARTMENT
INTERESTING CHARACTER WITH NO PSYCHOLOGICAL IMBALANCE
RICHNESS OF WALLET IN TERMS OF NOW AND FUTURE
You sure sound like you're pretty close to been Mr Perfect:D
Working in credit control for an exceptionally dull internet organisation, trust me, I'm surrounded by divorcees who have eaten too many donuts, divorcees sulking 'cos angmo Aussie hubbie has divorced them, three friendly Filipinas each about one metre tall, and two Thai women obsessed with the Bible.
I was advised in the first week to start smoking.:)
they have informal groups to exchange info and keeping tabs on men in office, some will go as far as setting up instant messanger group to discuss men ...in office, they know what car this man driving, what size his shoes is, if he wore g-string and who he dated before, how his girlfriend looks like, ....this is real story.....i can tell you, most men will find it really sick ...
Wow, can feel the brain cells draining ....... away ...... real fast :D
i can tell you one thing base on my thousand thousand of women i been with, woman only look at one thing, your wallet.
if you don't have it, means you just don't have it....they will pick any other reason as an execuse, i'm not say this is wrong, i just want to point out this is well known fact, so what's the point of that survey ? not completely useless, is for your fun reading , maybe a topic for you to bounce with when meeting friends
if she 's a lawyer, she will probe you wilth this : " life is very tough now, cost of living is so high, most peoples will have some form of liabilities and have to .....
Given the incredibly monstrous pile of attributes (I got repetitive strain injury from scrolling through it all), a woman would be expected to have the brainpower of an IBM Big Blue Supercomputer to scan any men passing in the office, a nightclub, or any other flirt-centre, and make a match within 5 mins.
Unless they're running a large in-memory database such as Oracle Enterprise Edition inside their feminine skull.