are all examples of how dividends can have an effect on a man's attractiveness. While many women won't acknowledge that money makes a man more attractive, a number of them will agree that having money can increase the potential for people to enhance their physical qualities. "Just because a man has money doesn't mean he's automatically more attractive" began sophomore biology major Brittany Slaughter. "It gives them the power to buy clothes and take care of themselves better.For example, take Jamie Foxx, money has helped his style so he's more attractive now."Th
ough Foxx isn't the best example of a naturally unattractive celebrity, he is living proof of how going "Hollywood" can boost a person's ratings by more than a few notches."Most people find money to be attractive, not literally, but money in most cases indicates an attractive lifestyle and that is attractive to everybody; it's human nature," said sophomore legal communication major Ashtane Jordan. "It shouldn't be that way, but it's true. If you see two guys on the street and they both are equally good looking and nice, but one has a nice car, who would you pick?" Jordan asked."The guy with the nicer car," she said.Chances are many people wouldn't disagree with Jordan, but it's always important to remember why someone is really special, with or without a bank account slip."Although style and being financially stable is important," commented Slaughter, "I need to be physically and emotionally attracted to the person first off." While the term gold digger is usually reserved for women, the term can also be used for men. It's not an uncommon scenario.
"Guys like girls who have money so it's not a one way street," Jordan said. "A woman who has money would just like a man of equal stature, but a gold digger wants a man with money so that he can provide for her."Though many people would call the young beautiful women who marry men like Donald Trump gold diggers, they might be motivated by more than money, Dan Savage of Forbes Magazine and author of "Does Money Make You More Attractive?" said in an article on msn. co
m."No one cuts women who marry rich men slack," Savage said. "We refuse to believe they honestly find these men attractive--after all, the men they're marrying are usually decades older and long past their looks-good-in-the-light-naked expiration date. Models and actresses who marry obscenely wealthy men, everyone agrees, must be interested in the money alone, and the power and the status it brings.""Wealth can attract money-grubbing gold diggers, but that's not always the case," Savage said. "Determining whether someone who was initially attracted to you for whatever reason-because you've spent the last three years in the gym doing crunches, or because you're Ronald Perelman-is sincerely in love with you for who you are requires emotional insight, the advice of trusted friends and a good pre-nup lawyer."All in all, while money can initiate a relationship, it might not be enough to truly maintain and fulfill one. For many people, money doesn't equal love. Although it might afford someone the ability to go "Hollywood," when all the plastic surgery has faded and the veneers aren't as perfect, only the person behind the money is left.
