Ideal Woman – how Russian men see her

Source: infografika RIA Novosti 

The new study on the Ideal (Russian) Woman has been done in Mai 2008 by the analytical center of SuperJob.ru. Representative number of Russian man gave thier opinion on the female ideal. Interestingly a strong differentiation has been found between a wife and a girlfriend. The grafic shows the results in Russian, I will make a short English summary here:

Intellect (important: she should not show it off, but manipulate indirectly, in order not to hurt the man): girlfriend – 46%, wife – 29%

Looks (important: form of fingers and toes, nails, skin, hair, breast form, figure, lips, eyes, nose): girlfriend – 38%, wife -21%

Femininity (important: “she must be a woman, and not an ashtray in trousers”): girlfriend -12%, wife -5%

Understanding: girlfriend -5%, wife -9%

Kindness: girlfriend -20%, wife -14%

Patience: girlfriend -9%, wife -12%

Ability to love: girlfriend -5%, wife -17%

motherly instincts: girlfriend -5%, wife-7%

faithfulness (important – without jealousy): girlfriend -16%, wife-20%

housewife qualities (important: “she should cook like a Chinese cook”): girlfriend -9%, wife -20%

18% of men were rather puzzled by the question about the Ideal Woman. Their reaction was: “Love is the most important thing, for we anyway do not understand, what we actually love our women for.”

The results show, that female ideal of a Russian man should first of all be intelligent and beautiful, then kind and able to love. Status differences: a girlfriend should be more kind and charming, while a wife should be more patient, loving and faithful – and cook well

I personally find the study results quite apt – the percentage given to the core values not only reflects the expectations on the Russian man about their women, but also explains well why Russian women are actually as they are (see my other post “What is so special about Russian Women?”).

LOVE; axinia