rebel/bad-boy image survey

[GCFyouthcamper]

hey guys, i'm doing a school paper on the attraction girls have for this type of guy. i know the term i'm using is a little broad and vague, but you get the idea. i've always wondered about this topic. i'm making a survey. since you already clicked this thread, pls don't leave w/o giving your opinion. thanks!

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1. What do you think are the most common reasons a girl would be attracted to a boy with a rebel/bad-boy image? list as many as you can think of.

For the girls only...
1. Have you ever been in a relationship with a guy like that? if yes, how long did it last?
2. are you yourself attracted to guys like that?

[Shawn Hopkins]

I've always wondered, do they really accept message board posts from random, anonymous posters for school papers? I always imagined everyone doing this getting a giant F for having no idea how to get credible sources.

I think women like bad boys because they think the sex will be better, basically. They seem more virile than your nerdy nebbish, like me. And beyond sex they can promise a woman a more exciting time than hearts and flowers and moonlit walks. Finally, they kind of trigger an evolutionary response to go for the strongest male. Alpha males aren't usually nice guys, they had to club their way to the top.

[Zeonic Freak]

Alpha males aren't usually nice guys, they had to club their way to the top.

You find most Alpha males on that big plain of grass beating each other up and a fat guy with a whistle yelling at them, oh right thats the Football Field.

To me (since im a dude too), i would think girls like those type of guys because there the type to handle a problem themselves than let others do it for them (meaning than tattling on a student who picked on you, you beat the crap outta him after school). Plus, they let everyone know there the top dog in thier area and hold that reputation.

[GCFyouthcamper]

I've always wondered, do they really accept message board posts from random, anonymous posters for school papers? I always imagined everyone doing this getting a giant F for having no idea how to get credible sources.

ouch.

i'm going to respond to that otherwise some people might not post in here. this is the survey part of the research, shawn. i need to show some statistics and my prof doesn't want us to limit our sample populations to only just the people my school. i already have the book/magazine/etc resources covered.

[Hurricane V1]

There's lots of reasons girls have for dating bad boy rebel types. I've asked my sister, cousins and girlfriends about this all the time.

Besides the initial 'cool' factor, some girls (key word 'some' here people) don't like to be blamed when a relationship goes bad. They date bad boys so that if the relationship goes down the toliet, they can blame him for it. Some girls just like the drama that comes with it. It's not that they like being treated like crap or property, they just like being able to talk about the falling outs and such.

Other girls, they make the mistake of thinking they can change a guy. Even if logic and statistics are against them, their romantic desires tell them that they have a special pull on the guy. They believe they can turn him into a more likeable guy.

Then there's a reason that most everyone is familar with. People want what they can't have. If a bad boy or rebel seems distant from everyone but still have confidence, then the girls might want him simply because he seems like he'd turn them down.

If only girls knew that guys rarely change and that their bad boy personas are many times just acts to get attention, they'd save themselves a lot of heartache.

[Eddie G.]

I'm not sure what you mean by rebel/bad-boy. When I was in highschool there were skeezey potheads and ugly gang members who weren't getting laid because seriously, who wants that? There were also metalheads, kids in trenchcoats, and do' rags and wifebeaters, but they were actually pretty cool guys.

What it does come down to is confidence. That's what girls are attracted to and that's what guys are attracted to. A girl doesn't want to date some indecsivie weiner who freezes up around her and is afraid to touch her. She wants to date a guy who's willing to be forward, seems comfortable, makes decisions, and is sexually confident. She also wants to date a guy who takes pride and takes care of himself which often translates to looks. Guys are the exact same way for the most part.

Now, this doesn't mean that you have to be a conformist. I'm a nerd, that's why I'm posting on this forum. I'm skinny and short and have poor taste in clothes. I like myself though and try to take care of myself and I'm confident enough to ask girls out. So, girls go out with me. When I was in highschool the straight A student, the guy who was the star of all the plays, the dumb jock, and that kid who cut and got high in the courtyard got girls because they were confident. It wasn't because they were bad boys, in fact many of them were good guys, it was because they were confident about themselves and asked girls out.

I think the vague idea of bad boys who take our women is really just this illusion that self proclaimed 'nice guys' have to make them feel better about themselves. It's not their fault that they can't get ladies, it's those bad boys and those misguided ladies who think they can change them. It's a silly, naive, and slightly sexist notion.

[Shawn Hopkins]

ouch.

i'm going to respond to that otherwise some people might not post in here. this is the survey part of the research, shawn. i need to show some statistics and my prof doesn't want us to limit our sample populations to only just the people my school. i already have the book/magazine/etc resources covered.

Did your professor really say "go talk to anonymous jerks on the Internet," though? Are you really going to write "Zeonic Freak (a nice person I'm sure) said" in your paper?

[Zeonic Freak]

Did your professor really say "go talk to anonymous jerks on the Internet," though? Are you really going to write "Zeonic Freak (a nice person I'm sure) said" in your paper?

Wow, for others to put me as an example makes me as happy as Zoidburg getting noticed!!!!

"ITS AND HONOR"!!!!

[Nightflower]

I'm not sure what you mean by rebel/bad-boy. When I was in highschool there were skeezey potheads and ugly gang members who weren't getting laid because seriously, who wants that? There were also metalheads, kids in trenchcoats, and do' rags and wifebeaters, but they were actually pretty cool guys.

What it does come down to is confidence. That's what girls are attracted to and that's what guys are attracted to. A girl doesn't want to date some indecsivie weiner who freezes up around her and is afraid to touch her. She wants to date a guy who's willing to be forward, seems comfortable, makes decisions, and is sexually confident. She also wants to date a guy who takes pride and takes care of himself which often translates to looks. Guys are the exact same way for the most part.

Now, this doesn't mean that you have to be a conformist. I'm a nerd, that's why I'm posting on this forum. I'm skinny and short and have poor taste in clothes. I like myself though and try to take care of myself and I'm confident enough to ask girls out. So, girls go out with me. When I was in highschool the straight A student, the guy who was the star of all the plays, the dumb jock, and that kid who cut and got high in the courtyard got girls because they were confident. It wasn't because they were bad boys, in fact many of them were good guys, it was because they were confident about themselves and asked girls out.

I think the vague idea of bad boys who take our women is really just this illusion that self proclaimed 'nice guys' have to make them feel better about themselves. It's not their fault that they can't get ladies, it's those bad boys and those misguided ladies who think they can change them. It's a silly, naive, and slightly sexist notion.

Good God, thank you.