Contact lenses increase "pulling" power
"Boys don't make passes at girls who wear glasses" seems to have some evidence supporting it, according to a new study by University of Warwick researchers. The researchers also found this advice works for both genders.
By taking a group of 18- to 25-year-old partygoers to a London nightclub with instructions to try to "pull", the researchers looked for a link between wearing glasses or contact lenses and success rates in attracting a mate.
Some participants were asked to change from their usual contact lenses to glasses. On a self-report of confidence and self esteem, they felt less confident in glasses. Conversely, usual glasses wearers felt increased confidence in contacts.
Perhaps more significantly than the change in confidence was the behaviour that went with it. Contact wearers were three times more likely to hug, four times more likely to kiss and six times more likely to "fondle" than glasses wearers.
Of course, when you look into the fine print, you discover that the study was funded by Novartis, a company that makes contact lenses so you had better read the conclusions with that in mind...
