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Women Turned On by Heroic Soldiers

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getty 031315 soldiers?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1426258323679iStock/Thinkstock(SOUTHAMPTON, England) — 1980’s British pop star Bonnie Tyler might have been speaking for all women in the song “Holding Out for a Hero.”

The lyrics go in part, “He’s gotta be strong And he’s gotta be fast And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight.”

As it turns out, researchers from the University of Southampton say in a study of 90 U.K. women about what they most desire in a boyfriend, the consensus was they want a guy who’s a hero or does heroic deeds on the battlefield as opposed to soldiers who just do the job they’re ordered to do.

Soldiers rewarded for bravery under fire ranked first among the participants. Even men in other professions who performed heroically weren’t particularly more attractive to women.

Meanwhile in another study, men found women who did heroic deeds in combat or in a disaster zone actually less attractive than women who did not go above and beyond the call of duty.


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