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Battle of the Sexes Rages: Mate1 Survey Finds Men and Women Disagree On What Turns Them On.


Genders universally rank dishonesty dis·hon·es·ty  
n. pl. dis·hon·es·ties
1. Lack of honesty or integrity; improbity.

2. A dishonest act or statement.

Noun 1.
 and dirtiness top turn-offs; online profile may get the date, in person appearance still seals the deal

NEW YORK New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 -- Mate1.com, the 15 million member intimate dating site, polled its many users and asked them to reveal their top dating 'turn-offs' and 'turn-ons' when evaluating a potential mate. More than 3 million members of all ages responded, with results analyzed an·a·lyze  
tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es
1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations.

2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of.

3.
 this week by Mate1, a consistent Top Five Nielsen online Nielsen Online is an Internet media and market research firm that conducts studies of Ad Relevance and Ad Intelligence, in addition to Internet Audience Measurement. It is made up of the combination of Nielsen//NetRatings and Nielsen BuzzMetrics, which merged in early October 2007  dating destination in the US.

More than 40% of women over men gave a thumbs up to a good sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"
sense of humour, humor, humour
, while men awarded 'dressing sexy" a 3-1 higher rating than women. In addition, women went 5-1 in favor of 'romance', with more men claiming an interest in intelligence than their female counterparts.

"It's not surprising that the sexes continue to disagree, but it is interesting to see what they disagree on," Liz Wasserman, co-founder of Mate1 said. "With more US singles than ever before, online dating continues its rise as the number one way to fully explore what you want and don't want in a mate before the date begins," added Wasserman.

Users marked 'poor hygiene' as the number one dating turn-off, with women seeing it as a 'no date' fault 20% more often than their male counterparts. Next in line came 'dishonesty', which women and men both listed as second in terms of a 'no date' situation, approximately 9% of women listing it more frequently than men.

"Daters know what they want, so Mate1 offers many ways to help people find their type. We help eliminate some of the guesswork before the meeting, but things like hygiene often can't be captured in words," said Wasserman.

About Mate1.com

Consistently ranked a Top Five online dating destination (top three in Canada and the UK), Mate1.com's forte An application development system for enterprise client/server environments from Sun. It was folded into the Sun Studio compiler and tool suite, which is based on the open source Netbeans IDE.  is to offer a global "intimate dating" environment. Unlike "adult" and other mainstream sites, Mate1 caters to people seeking serious, as well as casual relationships; and it doesn't censor censor (sĕn`sər), title of two magistrates of ancient Rome (from c.443 B.C. to the time of Domitian). They took the census (by which they assessed taxation, voting, and military service) and supervised public behavior.  all provocative details and images. With live 1-on-1 chat, voice recordings, personal photo galleries and detailed profiles, Mate1.com makes it easy to find the right date. Founded in 2004, Mate1 has 15 million members, with tens of thousands joining daily.
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