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Why do boys like appearance and girls like character?
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paulo



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Like andre, I also don�t think that all girls like character, but some just like character. I know a lot of girls that don�t like just character and also some boys that like, so, I think we can�t generalize.
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lakukaratia



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In my opinion, boys and girls care about appearance and character.

The difference is that boys care about appearance more than the girls do.
And girls care about character more than boys do.
But of course it is not about all the boys and all the girls.

Someone has told something about tradition. It may be true. In the past, the men used to have a lot of beautiful women, instead their wives stayed at home. Today it is very different, but we can see some influences. The boys are always looking for beautiful girls to date, but some girls want to know the boys first.
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muriel



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:38 am    Post subject: =] Reply with quote

Well, like some people said here, I think we can't generalize.
I meet many girls that just think about appearance... And I meet a lot of boys that don't just find beautiful girls...
Each person is different...

We can see who just think about appearance, then we can choose who we want next us ;D
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juliano



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree with the others who said we can't generalize. I think that girls like apearance as much boys like, or more. It's true that boys like very much of the appearance, but they also look for character. It's depend of each one wants for itself.
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Nicolas_nc



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There are many boys who just care about appearence, but in my opinion appearance is not the only thing that I care about.
There are a lot of beautiful and hot girls here in my hood, but it is not easy to find a cool girl that like the same things as you and someone that you can really have fun with.
So, I'll always look for a girl that is not just beautiful.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 5:13 pm    Post subject: replay Reply with quote

"So women set more store on relationship/love than men, men set more store looking at which girl is more beautiful.
For men the beauty can be seen on the face, so they generally tend to love fast and change love fast. They define �good wife� by the quality �beauty� in the first place"
ad-miral, in this point I agree with you, men always look at the beauty, in Brazil, if the woman is blond and lean the man alredy want "to take" her.
But women think before everthing what the man is, if he have good qualities as person. Rolling Eyes

;** Fee from Brazil
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beancurdturtle



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 5:35 pm    Post subject: Re: replay Reply with quote

FernandaKlauck wrote:
I'm Fernanda. I'm fifteen years old.I live in Brazil.I'm happy because I can learn English, but I still don't know how to speak English very well.

Fernanda, great name!

My grandfather was named Fernando Fernandez. I am Daniel Fernandez.

Do you know the meaning of Fernanda? It comes from Ferdinand...
Ferdinand means "ready to journey" from Gothic fardi "journey" and nand "ready". This was the name of several rulers of Spain, Portugal and the Holy Roman Empire. Also, the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was the leader of the first expedition to sail around the earth.

Do you have a desire to travel?
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Darknees Hunter



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah,


Boys like more appearance and I can see this very well here, in Brazil, because I go to partys and my friends and I just look to girl's appearance and us nor reminded that they have caracter.


That's it.
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RedRose



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am a woman, but I still read too much into men's appearance. if a man is terrible-looking, no matter how wise and intelligent he is, I am not attracted to him. I guess I am kinda hormone-oriented, so are many women. Therefore, I don't think it's about men or women. let's just say people are different Laughing
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edlucca



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree with some peoples, but this change from one to one.
this part"The boys just look the apearence" is a lay,

I am a boy and of course we look the apeareance but not only that, for me a girl must have caracter, to be a good person.
And this part "the girls just look the caracter"is a lay too.

When we are searching for a girl or boy we don't look just for this or for that, this is a great lay, we look the people and search for how the people is with everything and everyone I think that act count very much today.
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ppf_alexandra



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think that the wemans also have how to do works in the cientific area, not just the mens! Look how many womens is doing college in the chemistry area...
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Davi G.



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In fact, this is a true affirmation, but like the others said, we can't generalize. I think either appearence and character are important. But it depends, some people don't agree with me.
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augusto_101



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, I think that this fact is not right, because many girls also like appearance, and many boys prefer the character. But answering the question, I think that the boys like the appearance because it is what they look for first in a girl, the remaining portion they only try to see later, then the appearance finishes being the main one of a girl.
However, the girls like character because they want for them something that gives they ahead a good status of the others and ahead of its future, they normally want somebody that can offer this to them, that is, somebody who has character.

This is my opinion...
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

RedRose wrote:
let's just say people are different
and different people have different tastes Razz
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Asiul



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:25 pm    Post subject: Re: Why do boys like appearance and girls like character? Reply with quote

ad-miral wrote:
I remember such a topic where Bob wrote a fantastic explanation based on evolution.
However I can't find this post any more and maybe you can tell me where it is.

My explanation towards it is:

Men are physically stronger and they search for more adventure. We can see more men working at Engineering or technical branch than women, more women working at human resource management or language branch than men. Men are supposed to be better at scientific affairs and women are supposed to be better at social affairs, due to the fact that boys are generally interested in games like LEGO or cars in the childhood and girls are generally interested in Barbie dolls and playing family games in the childhood.
So men are more interested in the real facts/qualities (like numbers/PS number of the car) and women are more interested in the hidden characteristics of people.
So women set more store on relationship/love than men, men set more store looking at which girl is more beautiful.
For men the beauty can be seen on the face, so they generally tend to love fast and change love fast. They define �good wife� by the quality �beauty� in the first place.
For women, as the beauty for them lies in the relationship between her and her partner, they generally tend to stay at the one they love most. They define �good husband� by the quality �love them most� in the first place.

Haha I hope it doesn't reduce my salary I'm writing this in the company.


There is an perfect explanation for the differences between men and women. In the book "Por que os homens fazem sexo e as mulheres fazem amor?" from Allan and Barbara Peace, it says exactly why men care so much with the beauty and the women, with the heart. The explanation for that, is that the men since the Cavern's Age had to reproduce their race, and with a healthy woman, for the children survive
(that's why they cared a lot with the apperence). However, the women didn't have it, bacause their only function was to give birth and to take care of the fire.
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