Scientific Proof: New Study Shows Being a Guitarist Will Get Men Laid

A newly released study conducted in France (where else?) concludes that a man is considered more attractive to the opposite sex if he is holding a guitar, according to Pacific Standard. Here’s the gist of it:

One sunny Saturday afternoon, in the shopping district of a medium-sized French city, this good-looking guy approached 300 young women (aged approximately 18 to 22). He introduced himself, declared “I think you’re really pretty,” and asked for her phone number so they could arrange to have a drink. For one-third of these brief encounters, he was carrying what was clearly a guitar case. For another third, he was holding a sports bag; for the final third, he was empty-handed.

The implication that he was a musician dramatically increased the actor’s appeal. When he was carrying the guitar case, 31 percent of the women gave him their number. This compares with nine percent when he was carrying the sports bag, and 14 percent when he was carrying nothing.

Read the entire study from the Psychology of Music journal here if you’re so inclined. An earlier Israeli study found similar results, but used random Facebook messages instead of mall pick-ups: random messages from men were more likely to get a response from women if the man was holding a guitar in his profile picture.

Of course the results from one French mall (and an Israeli Facebook study) are not necessarily indicative of the entire world, but it’s nonetheless entertaining to see scientific proof of what we all already know: being a musician gets you laid (until you pass the 24-years-of-age threshold, of course). LOL that carrying a sports bag was akin to chick repellant in this study, worse than carrying nothing at all.

It’s worth noting that that the French study’s male specimen was “previously evaluated as having a high level of physical attractiveness.” Wonder how this trial would shake out for your average beardy metal bro?

Thanks: Brent A.