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"Women really associated the extreme levels of muscularity with high levels of narcissism and self involvement," he said.

The exceptions to the rules are extremely attractive women who tend to be willing to take the risk of marrying well-built men. (That may explain why Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt are an item, and why the marriage of Billy Joel and supermodel Christie Brinkley didn't last.)

Gordon G. Gallup Jr., a professor of psychology at the State University of New York at Albany, said the findings might reflect human habits developed through evolution. When females pick mates, they may be looking for men who are more likely to "invest in the family and their offspring and make a long-term, committed investment in the relationship," said Gallup, who formerly taught Frederick.

By contrast, women looking for partners may view muscular men "as more likely to play the field and less likely to make commitments," Gallup said.

University girls: In the sexual driver's seat

Jacob Berkowitz

The Ottawa Citizen

April 11, 2004

Far from being pushovers in the bedroom, young Canadian female university students are the ones who are frequently doing the pushing. A majority of undergraduate women interviewed for a soon-to-be published Canadian study say that faced with resistance to their sexual advances they turn up the heat and pressure in order to get what they want -- including starting to undress their partner, or letting their hands wander around his body.