A lot of experimenters hate it when their theories don’t stand up to research, which is understandable. Personally, I love to be pleasantly surprised. I like it when my studies at Queendom reveal the unexpected. Like just recently, when a study I conducted on gender roles indicated that younger men adopt more traditional beliefs, while older men have more contemporary beliefs. My pile of quirky stats is getting bigger…and I like it.

As a colleague and I were reviewing some of the polls we run on Queendom, I thought it would be fun to show my readers some of the results—and show you just how quirky humans really are. Some of the results were anticipated, some were amazing, and some left me scratching my head.

“Just as we suspected” poll results

  • 41% of women and 49% of men think that they are more intelligent than their partners.
  • 73% of women and 76% of men think it’s smart for a couple to live together before getting married.
  • 24% of women and 32% of men would forgive their partner for infidelity.
  • 68% of women and 72% of men rate their skills as a lover at 7 or higher on a scale from 1 to 10.
  • 23% of women and 5% of men lie about their weight.

“Pleasantly surprising” poll results

  • 54% of women wouldn’t feel less attracted to their husband if he started losing his hair.
  • 49% of women and 32% of men say they wouldn’t feel any less attracted to their partners if they gained weight. (Way to go, ladies!)
  • In a life and death situation, 46% of women and 61% of men would give up their lives to save their partner. (Way to go, gentlemen!)
  • Only 12% of men find a thin body attractive in women; 37% prefer someone who is fit, 23% like curvy bodies, while 14% like women who have little extra weight on them.
  • For women, 29% prefer a guy who has a little extra weight or a “dad bod,” 26% like fit men, 28% like thin ones, and 9% prefer muscular guys.
  • When we asked what aspect of a potential mate makes all the difference, 68% of women said personality, 20% said intelligence, 10% said looks, 2% said professional success. Did you read that? Only 2% of women care about how much a guy makes!
  • For the men, 51% consider personality essential, 22% intelligence, 27% looks, and less than 1% consider professional success important.
  • Only 9% of women and 15% of men consider themselves “normal.” You know what that means? It means that anyone who insults you by calling you “weird” is actually the one who is “abnormal,” because the majority of the world is just like you.

“What the heck? Say it isn’t so!” poll results

  • 32% of women and 28% of men would hire a private investigator if they suspected their partner of cheating.
  • Any heterosexual woman who assumes that her boyfriend or husband talks about their sex life to other guys could not be more wrong. A whopping 81% of women talk to other women about their sex life—compared to 64% of men.
  • More women than men dislike leg and underarm hair on women—75% of women and 54% of men.
  • Only 42% of women and 42% of men are generally happy.
  • 36% of women and 9% of men are “terrified” of gaining 10 pounds.

When we asked women who has an easier life…

  • 70% of the women said that men have it easier.
  • 10% said that women have it easier.
  • 20% said that men and women are on equal footing.

For men:

  • 37% said that women have it easier.
  • 40% said that men have it easier.
  • 23% said that men and women are on equal footing.

Insightfully yours,

Queen D