Is it true that women are more attracted to bad boys than nice guys?

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Toni Coleman, MSW is a licensed psychotherapist, relationship coach and founder of http://www.consum-mate.com. As a recognized expert, Toni has been quoted in many local and national publications including; The Chicago Tribune, The Orlando Sentinel, New York Daily News, Indianapolis Star and Newsweek newspapers and Family Circle, Woman's Day, Cosmo Style, Tango, Men's Health, Star (regularly quoted body language expert), People, and Nirvana magazines. She has been featured on abcnews.com, discovery.health.com, aolnews.com, MSN.com, Match.com and planetearthradio.com. Toni is also the featured relationship coach in “The Business And Practice Of Coaching,” (published by Norton, September 2005); and is the author of the forward for,” Winning Points With The Woman In Your Life, One Touchdown At A Time” ( published by Simon and Schuster, November 2005). Toni offers dating and relationship help and advice through her syndicated column, "Dear Dating Coach," and her popular monthly newsletter, "The Art of Intimacy." From March 2005 until December 2005, she was a weekly contributing commentator (love and dating coach) on the KTRS Radio Morning Show, (St. Louis, MO). Toni is a member of The International Coach Federation, The International Association of Coaches and The National Association of Social Workers.

Is it true that women are more attracted to bad boys than nice guys?

 

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Host: Is it true that women are more attracted to bad boys than nice guys?

Toni Coleman: Well, I think it probably is true. There is, as you can imagine a lot of debate on this one, but I think that the most part women are more attracted to bad boys because women go for intensity. There is something about somebody that has this unpredictability, this intense personality; they are not too easy; they are not too accommodating. It's just more -- it feels for many women to be more interesting. They are never bored and women will often talk about being bored is like one of the worst things that can happen when they are with a guy.

That they really look for somebody that keeps them interested, it keeps them on their toes. So, unfortunately this unpredictable, unreliable behavior is often sort of confused with guys that are unreliable, maybe cheaters, maybe that have some really bad traits and that's where women have to really be careful because what they are really attracted to is the sense of intensity and what they are really getting maybe is somebody really bad.

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