So, why do women go for bad boys?
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the answer is a lot more complicated than you may think.
Do women really gravitate toward men who behave badly?
It seems that some women are more interested in a partner who smokes and drinks alcohol.
Anearlier study from 2003demonstrated that the opposite could be true.
Participants were asked to pick out a date for a fictional woman named Susan.
Their choices were between three men, all of whom answered the same questions “Susan” asked them.
On the contrary, Bridges believes that socialization is more likely to be the culprit.
In other words, peer pressure and stereotypes you’ve learned along the way, either consciously or otherwise.
