14 DAY TRIAL // According to a study recently carried out by French researchers, women have a rather difficult time sending a musician on his way and not giving him their number.
To put it bluntly: this study claims that musicians really are considered to be more attractive, and that women prefer them over sporty-looking men.
Data collected while carrying out several experiments have revealed that, all things considered, a man who approaches a woman while carrying a guitar has significantly more chances of getting her number should he ask for it.
According to Daily Mail, the experiments carried out by these French researchers basically came down to their asking a 20-year-old man to start a conversation with 300 different women and try to get their number.
The women were aged between 18 and 22, and all of them were approached while shopping in a mall in Brittany.
When asking the first 100 women for their number, the male volunteer carried a sports bag.
The following 100 women got to see him carry a guitar case, and the remaining 100 subjects were approached empty-handed.
The man had a success rate of 31% when carrying the guitar case, one of 14% when empty-handed and one of just 9% when carrying the sports bag.
The researchers speculate that a man's alleged ability to play a musical instrument is considered by women to be a sign of intelligence.
Furthermore, men who can play an instrument are labeled as ready and willing to learn new things and take up various hobbies.
Interestingly enough, it appears that men do not express more interest in a woman when assuming that she is a musician.
Thus, women carrying a guitar have as many chances to get a man's number as they do when empty-handed.
This study was carried out by a team of University of South Brittany researchers led by Professor Nicolas Gueguen.