What's the most effective pickup line on a college campus? Psychologists Elaine Hatfield and Russ Clark had actors (independently judged to be attractive) approach students of the opposite sex with a variety of lines and recorded their success rates. The lines were:Males responded favorably 1) 50%, 2) 69%, 3) 75%.
1) I've been noticing you around campus and I find you attractive. Would you go out with me tonight?
2) I've been noticing you around campus and I find you attractive. Would you come over to my apartment tonight?
3) I've been noticing you around campus and I find you attractive. Would you sleep with me tonight?
Females responded favorably 1) 50%, 2) 6%, 3) 0%.
No big surprises here. Men are easier than women. The only surprise is that if the actresses asking the questions were really attractive, then why aren't the numbers higher for the men? I would expect 100% across the board because we men are that easy.
The only answer - using the first pickup line and its success rate as the baseline - is that half the time, the actress using the pickup line wasn't attractive at all and in fact, was butt ugly. If things are held constant, then that would mean 50% of all men would sleep with a butt ugly woman if, "I've been noticing you around campus and I find you attractive. Would you sleep with me tonight?" were used as a pickup line on them. Again, we men are that easy if not downright slutty. Now doesn't that statistical analysis just make complete sense of the whole thing?
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