However, the problem with a deep voice is that it can also be intimidating and suggest aggression

If you thought the wearing red thing was weird, prepare to be in awe. Apparently, wearing a plain t-shirt with just a black letter “T” on the front makes you more attractive. To be specific, you’re approximately twelve percent more attractive, according to research. Who, exactly, comes up with these studies anyway? On the plus side, you’re going to be saving money on clothes.

Psychologist Dr. Andrew Dunn explained, “The wider barred ‘T’ seems to emphasize the upper chest when upright, which accentuates men’s ‘optimum’ shape.” That “optimum shape” is that upside-down triangle look you see on many a bodybuilder. The scientists found that a man with shoulders that were about 20 percent wider than his hips was most preferred. The important aspect is that accentuating the shoulders over the gut makes you appear more attractive. Anything that creates that top-heavy shape should suffice. If you really feel like being the weird dude wearing a giant “T,” though, far be it from us to judge millionaire match you.

Talk with a sleepy voice

No, this is not the same thing as pillow talk. Studies have shown that women find men with deeper voices attractive. However, there’s an important factor that’s even more important than pitch – breathiness. Scientists found that whether a voice was pitched high or low was less important than the voice’s breathiness. This quality of voice is very similar to what a man might sound like when just waking up.

The experimenters concluded that this phenomenon was due to body size. For example, a higher pitch in a female voice typically indicates a smaller size, while a deeper voice usually denotes a man with a larger frame. This is why the breathiness is so important. According to scientists, “the breathiness in the male voice attractiveness rating. could be a way of neutralizing the aggressiveness associated with a large body size.” Thus, the association will be more like a cuddly teddy bear than a scary monster.

Take risks

Miss Frizzle’s sage advice to “take chances, make mistakes, and get messy” turned out to be a great dating tip. Women find men more attractive when they take heroic risks, according to various studies. Heroic is the key word here, as women do not prefer men who take non-heroic risks, such as playing dangerous sports. It’s also very possible that bravery is more important than altruism when it comes to choosing a mate. This could explain why men with jobs as pilots, firefighters, and doctors are some of the most-swiped-right candidates on Tinder.

John Petraitis, psychology professor at the University of Alaska, further studied the effects when in conjunction with technology. He found that women found men more attractive when they would perform risky behavior in the wild, such as rock climbing in the back-country, but would not be attracted to risky behavior in a modern society, such as driving without a seat-belt. Petraitis suggests that this is evident of evolutionary practices, where behaviors that relate to a hunter-gatherer society are more attractive than those that aren’t.

Brood

Sometimes, we can actually unknowingly subscribe to traditional gender norms and values. A study by the University of British Columbia has found that women find men more attractive when they are brooding than when they are showing happiness and smiling – at least at first impression. The lead researcher, Professor Jessica Tracy, stated, “While showing a happy face is considered essential to friendly social interactions, including those involving sexual attraction, few studies have actually examined whether a smile is, in fact, attractive.”