科学揭示为何女性喜欢坏男孩

 　　There's a reason why women are attracted to bad boys, and it's not (just) their sweet leather jackets. It's science.

　　女性被坏男孩吸引并不只是因为他们的皮夹克，而是有原因的，科学可以解释这一点。

　　Apparently¹, people with "pathological" personalities² are simply more attractive to the opposite sex. The new study carried out by a team of researchers at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona and published on Scientific American, analyzed³ 1,000 heterosexual men and women with a broad spectrum⁴ of pathological personality traits. Researchers also quizzed the participants on their lifetime "number" of sexual partners and how successful they were in their careers.

　　很明显，拥有“不同寻常”个性的人通常都更具有吸引力。由巴塞罗那医院诊所的研究员组成的团队，发布在科学美国人杂志上的新研究，分析了1000个有着广泛异常特性的异性恋的男性和女性。研究员还测试了参与者一生性伴侣的个数与事业有多成功的关系。

　　科学揭示为何女性喜欢坏男孩

　　Both men and women with personalities such as neurotic⁵ and reckless reported a higher number of both mates and children, though only obsessive-compulsive males—not females—were successful at pinning down long-term partners. According to Fernando Gutiérrez, who led the study, this is likely because obsessive-compulsives earned much more money than other participants. Far more surprising was that neurotic women were more successful in long-lasting love, despite being seen as unstable⁶, anxious, and insecure.

　　据报道不论男性还是女性，具有例如神经质和鲁莽个性的人，拥有更多数量的伴侣和子女，然而只有具有强迫症的男性，成功维系了长期的伴侣。根据这项研究的领导者Fernando Gutiérrez，这很可能是因为有强迫症的人比其他人挣的钱更多。更令人惊奇的是，尽管神经质的女性被视为不稳定，焦虑和不安全，她们却在长期爱情中更成功。

　　Gutiérrez believes women like deviant behavior simply because it's fascinating. “While [pathological men] are selfish, rule-breaking, imprudent, and rebellious⁷, they are also brave, temerarious, independent, and self-reliant—and they live frantic⁸, galvanizing lives,” he says.

　　Gutiérrez认为女性喜爱不正常的行为仅仅是因为有趣。“尽管坏男孩自私，不守常规，不谨慎，反叛，但他们同样也勇敢，不顾一切，独立，自主，而且他们过着狂野，有激情的生活。”他说。

　　Of course, the study has its limits. “Respondents could have inflated⁹ the number of partners in an effort to depict¹⁰ themselves as more desirable," says Corinna E. L?ckenhoff, a human-developmental psychologist at Cornell University. "This may be especially true for individuals whose personality characteristics make them prone¹¹ to dishonesty and for male respondents, since cultural norms tend to view promiscuity¹² [as] more favorable in men than in women." In other words, you can't trust anyone to give his or her accurate "number," let alone psychos.

　　当然了，这项研究也有局限性。“回答者可能会夸大伴侣的数量，以显示自己的魅力，”康奈尔大学人类研究心理学家Corinna E. L?ckenhoff说，“对于性格特点易撒谎是这样，对于男性来说更是这样，因为文化常规使得人们认为乱交可以证明男性更受欢迎。”换句话说，你永远不可能让一个人说出他准确的伴侣数量，更不要说神经病了。

1 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

2 personalities   

n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
• Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。

3 analyzed   

v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析

参考例句：

• The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 spectrum   

n.谱，光谱，频谱；范围，幅度，系列

参考例句：

• This is a kind of atomic spectrum.这是一种原子光谱。
• We have known much of the constitution of the solar spectrum.关于太阳光谱的构成，我们已了解不少。

5 neurotic   

adj.神经病的，神经过敏的；n.神经过敏者，神经病患者

参考例句：

• Nothing is more distracting than a neurotic boss. 没有什么比神经过敏的老板更恼人的了。
• There are also unpleasant brain effects such as anxiety and neurotic behaviour.也会对大脑产生不良影响，如焦虑和神经质的行为。

6 unstable   

adj.不稳定的，易变的

参考例句：

• This bookcase is too unstable to hold so many books.这书橱很不结实，装不了这么多书。
• The patient's condition was unstable.那患者的病情不稳定。

7 rebellious   

adj.造反的，反抗的，难控制的

参考例句：

• They will be in danger if they are rebellious.如果他们造反，他们就要发生危险。
• Her reply was mild enough,but her thoughts were rebellious.她的回答虽然很温和，但她的心里十分反感。

8 frantic   

adj.狂乱的，错乱的，激昂的

参考例句：

• I've had a frantic rush to get my work done.我急急忙忙地赶完工作。
• He made frantic dash for the departing train.他发疯似地冲向正开出的火车。

9 inflated   

adj.（价格）飞涨的；（通货）膨胀的；言过其实的；充了气的v.使充气（于轮胎、气球等）( inflate的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）膨胀；（使）通货膨胀；物价上涨

参考例句：

• He has an inflated sense of his own importance. 他自视过高。
• They all seem to take an inflated view of their collective identity. 他们对自己的集体身份似乎都持有一种夸大的看法。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 depict   

vt.描画，描绘；描写，描述

参考例句：

• I don't care to see plays or films that depict murders or violence.我不喜欢看描写谋杀或暴力的戏剧或电影。
• Children's books often depict farmyard animals as gentle,lovable creatures.儿童图书常常把农场的动物描写得温和而可爱。

11 prone   

adj.(to)易于…的，很可能…的；俯卧的

参考例句：

• Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
• He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。

12 promiscuity   

n.混杂，混乱；（男女的）乱交

参考例句：

• Promiscuity went unpunished, divorce was permitted. 乱交挨不着惩罚，离婚办得成手续。 来自英汉文学
• There is also no doubt that she falls into promiscuity at last. 同时无疑她最后也堕入性乱。 来自互联网