August 20, 2008


many days go by

A study has been conducted on the amount of time men and women spend getting ready over their lifetimes.

The time women spend putting on make up and getting dressed works out at 3,276 hours over their lifetimes while men only devote 1,092 hours to looking their best.

A survey of 1,000 women also showed that 67 per cent thought that the time spent getting ready was actually a chore.

Only a third of women said they enjoyed preening themselves.

(via marginal revolution)

posted by Deron Bauman in culture, gender, sociology 

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4 Responses to “many days go by”

  1. Cindy Scroggins on August 20th, 2008 at 9:17 am

    Yet again, science has proved that I am a man.

  2. Cooper Renner on August 20th, 2008 at 10:28 am

    And some of us have no “best” to look.

  3. Mike Dresser on August 20th, 2008 at 1:30 pm

    For men, “looking okay” is a binary thing: either you’re dressed, or you ain’t. For women, it’s an asymptotic approach toward perfection, ever approaching but never quite achieving. No doubt Xeno formulated his paradox a woman brush her hair.

  4. Mike Dresser on August 20th, 2008 at 1:30 pm

    er, “watching”

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