Why do we choose who we choose? What women want... : a creative study on human behaviour

Abstract

This study explores women and what they want from an intimate relationship, how they project themselves with regards to body language and what affects their selection when choosing a partner, both consciously and unconsciously. It investigates how women feel about sex and how they experience the act of intimacy. This study aims to analyze this subject by putting into practice Edward de Bono's technique of the six thinking hats. Two types of questionnaires randomly distributed to willing paiiicipants; one using the thinking hats as a guide to aid re1;ponclcnt1i to follow the concept of parallel thinking, while the other set of questionnaires held the exact same questions but were listed in a way that the questionnaire gave no order to its process. This was done to analyze if by using de Bono's concept of parallel thinking, one woukl quicken the thinking process while also being more efficient in the information that one provides. This would allow the findings to be compared and contrasted. The respondents were selected on the criteria of being female and of 18 years of age or more. This study shows that women are far more open when it comes to discussing the subject of sex than one would have anticipated; that women are increasingly taking more control when it comes to choosing their partners; that women have clear and defined strategies and values when it comes to knowing what they want from intimacy and relationships, and last but not least, that the six thinking hats concept is an effective tool to gather reliable and honest information since its efficient process allows one to think and focus on a theme one step at a time.