Social Experiments Are Just A Polite Way To Mess With People's Heads.

So, a friend of mine told me that she heard that girls who wear pink get asked out more than girls who don't.

I decided this would make a great subject for a social experiment.. and a blog topic.

Here we go.

First, I Googled it, because Google is a vast fount of social information:



I got quotes from Mean Girls, something about overcoming gender inequality, and an article about how even football players can look good wearing pink to support breast cancer research. Um, Peyton Manning could wear an entirely pink uniform and he'd still look good.
But that's a different subject.
To the right, you will see my Hulu tab.. I'm watching SNL reruns. Is it just me, or does Scarlett Johanssen stare straight ahead past the camera in every skit she does? She's like some kind of robot.

Different phrasing, maybe?




This one just brings up a bunch of topics asking if girls like it when guys wear pink. Isn't that the OPPOSITE of what I asked? You're not helping me, Google.

I turn to some men for help:



Sneaky bit: I didn't tell them I was gonna post it on my blog. He he he.
I don't know a lot of guys who will put up with this silliness from me, so my subject pool is woefully small. But here are my responses:

Subject 1:
"equally prob"
Ok, pretty vague, but still an answer.

Subject 2:
"I actually am attracted to pink. But only in the right form of pink. Raver and emo pink makes me vomit. Retro pink..makes me drool."

Now THIS I can run with. So what is 'retro pink', exactly?

Goog. (Sometimes when I want to be extra quick I just say "Goog", instead of "I'll Google it". It saves me like a quarter of a second.)



Ok, yea.. I'm picking up what you're throwing down here...

Then, a follow up from the same person:
"But the real question is, how do you want your male character to perceive this girl. Is she a lust object? An object of scorn? Or his true love?

I guess I can't pretend that in my imaginary scenario - strangers looking (or not looking) at a girl simply because of what color she is wearing - that she would be much more than an object of lust.
I explain that it's more of a general idea than an individual situation, then comes:
"In general, guys tend to associate color with sexuality. Pink is an inviting color."

NOW we're getting somewhere in the minds of these wildebeests. (BTW, I call my nephew a wildebeest too. It's one of my weird terms of endearment.) But then here comes subject 3.

Subject 3:
"Less to equally. Pink can be kinda boring and may cause a sort of unintended bubblegum demeanor, though it can be user-dependent, too."

Very, very interesting. Retro pink: inviting, hot. Cheerleader pink: vapid, boring.

Also interesting is that out of the 4 I asked, no one really responded that pink would make them more attracted, just equally or less attracted. Subject 4 must be working or something. No answer.

This was getting really fascinating to me, so I threw em a follow up:
(Camera batteries died. Use your imagination.)
"Is there a specific color that you personally find most attractive on a girl?"

Subject 1:
"Prob red or black"

Subject 2:
"To be honest, White... it's a huge catch for me"

Subject 3:
"Not really. Some people look better in brighter colors, some in darker."

I like these answers! These are some quality men that look past the outside and think about what's going on in the heart, but are still honest in the things they like and want. Love it.

When I started writing this blog today, I indented to actually do a social experiment on the public tomorrow, and see if I could drum up a little attention from someone random just by wearing pink so I could write about it, but now it seems too mean. And pointless, really. I don't actually want the attention, I just want to see if I can get it. And that's going a little too far, I think.

So I leave it at this: There are plenty of good guys out there that will look past the outside and are interested in matters deeper than the color of the clothes a girl is wearing.

Some of these good guys also happen to be my friends, and for that I am really grateful.

Thanks, wildebeests, for helping me out in my little social experiment. I love to try to understand more about the way you think. :)