老实？害羞？不愿意告诉别人你有多聪明？如果你是这样的男人，那就准备打“光棍”吧。

　　Instead, cocky types are more likely to win their hearts, with Simon Cowell's arrogant attitude more appealing than Hugh Grant's bumbling on-screen behaviour.

　　相反，自大的男人更容易赢得美人心，傲慢的西蒙(《英国达人》评委，编者按)就比荧幕上老实的休·格兰特更受欢迎。
　

　

　　The three female researchers showed more than 200 people videotapes of a man and a woman applying for a job as a computer lab manager.

　　三位女性研究者向200多人展示了一盘录影带，一男一女同时谋求一份计算机实验室管理员的工作。

　　The volunteers were asked to rate them for modesty, likeability and a range of other factors. Despite the actors being equally qualified for the job, the man was liked less than the woman.

　　志愿者们被要求对这两个人的老实、受欢迎程度等进行打分。尽管测试影像中的两人在求职时表现相似，但老实男人显然更不受欢迎。

 

　　Professor Laurie Rudman, of Rutgers University in New Jersey, said: 'Our findings demonstrate that men encounter prejudice when they behave modestly. 'They also raise the possibility that men may avoid behaving modestly because they risk backlash when they do.

　　新泽西拉特格大学的劳里?拉德曼教授说：“老实的男性会遇到偏见。而且当男性想要避免表现老实时，阻碍他们行动的可能性就越大。”