Attitudes are Immediate
Some of this may sound vaguely familiar... Again, I'll try to radically simplify a lot research and put in DJ terms.
When someone first sees someone else, they immediately form an attitude about that person. What I mean by attitude is, for instance, "are they good/bad, approachable/dangerous, like-able, valuable," etc. To my immediate knowledge, no one has studied it directly, but I think we can reasonably assume this may also include appraisals of social worth, sexiness, etc.
And that attitude formation is immediate and automatic.
And it's based on stereotypes.
What I mean by stereotypes is probably close to what you're thinking. They're basically averages of every person someone has been exposed to in a given category. Let's take the case of the classic male professor. He's average height. He's got short hair with male-pattern balding (...naturally, I'm just taking this from my personal stereotype...), a medium or thin build, a beard, possibly thin-framed glasses, nice but nondescript clothing, maybe kakis with a button-down shirt. He's also intelligent, a little arrogant, not into idle chit-chat about sports, well-off but not rich, rather private, safe, mildly attractive, stable, secure.
Anyway, the stereotype is formed by seeing professors in class, on TV, any- and everywhere. When you encounter someone that meets that physical description, bam, the rest of the package is dusted off in your mind. With that, first and foremost, is an immediate formation of an attitude along very basic lines: as I said above, these likely include "he's safe, valuable, pleasant, etc." The stereotype is linked to these attitudes. Bad stereotype = negative attitudes; Good stereotype = positive attitudes.
The bottom line is that how you present yourself (especially visually) matters! And that's partly why. Realize, of course, that more subtle forms of expression are easily read by the mind. So, say, posture counts, as opposed to merely your build, height, and clothing.
"So what you're saying is, look better and you'll get hotter women?! No sh!t."
Yes, but the take home message is the timing of the appraisal. It's right when the ladies first see you that a good amount of filtering probably takes place. I'm just trying to translate some research into a form that's potentially useful to DJs. I have no control over whether it will impress you, but at least it promises to be fairly accurate.
In a club or bar, everyone will form immediate impressions of people they see. Those impressions will then likely act as a filter, and guide both sexes initially only to people for whom they have a good impression. Naturally, there will be plenty of exceptions. But insofar as dating is a numbers game, you can always up your odds for success by improving your visual appeal.
To really maximize your odds of success, enter the club with guns blazing.
Some of this may sound vaguely familiar... Again, I'll try to radically simplify a lot research and put in DJ terms.
When someone first sees someone else, they immediately form an attitude about that person. What I mean by attitude is, for instance, "are they good/bad, approachable/dangerous, like-able, valuable," etc. To my immediate knowledge, no one has studied it directly, but I think we can reasonably assume this may also include appraisals of social worth, sexiness, etc.
And that attitude formation is immediate and automatic.
And it's based on stereotypes.
What I mean by stereotypes is probably close to what you're thinking. They're basically averages of every person someone has been exposed to in a given category. Let's take the case of the classic male professor. He's average height. He's got short hair with male-pattern balding (...naturally, I'm just taking this from my personal stereotype...), a medium or thin build, a beard, possibly thin-framed glasses, nice but nondescript clothing, maybe kakis with a button-down shirt. He's also intelligent, a little arrogant, not into idle chit-chat about sports, well-off but not rich, rather private, safe, mildly attractive, stable, secure.
Anyway, the stereotype is formed by seeing professors in class, on TV, any- and everywhere. When you encounter someone that meets that physical description, bam, the rest of the package is dusted off in your mind. With that, first and foremost, is an immediate formation of an attitude along very basic lines: as I said above, these likely include "he's safe, valuable, pleasant, etc." The stereotype is linked to these attitudes. Bad stereotype = negative attitudes; Good stereotype = positive attitudes.
The bottom line is that how you present yourself (especially visually) matters! And that's partly why. Realize, of course, that more subtle forms of expression are easily read by the mind. So, say, posture counts, as opposed to merely your build, height, and clothing.
"So what you're saying is, look better and you'll get hotter women?! No sh!t."
Yes, but the take home message is the timing of the appraisal. It's right when the ladies first see you that a good amount of filtering probably takes place. I'm just trying to translate some research into a form that's potentially useful to DJs. I have no control over whether it will impress you, but at least it promises to be fairly accurate.
In a club or bar, everyone will form immediate impressions of people they see. Those impressions will then likely act as a filter, and guide both sexes initially only to people for whom they have a good impression. Naturally, there will be plenty of exceptions. But insofar as dating is a numbers game, you can always up your odds for success by improving your visual appeal.
To really maximize your odds of success, enter the club with guns blazing.
