What makes someone attractive to others? More specifically, what is arguably the single most attractive quality in another human being?
Obviously, there is room for debate here, and different people will put forward different ideas. But if you had to identify one quality that most attracts you to another, what would it be?
The most obvious answer, and the one that our media constantly promotes, is looks: handsome men and beautiful women. It’s all physical, isn’t it? Perhaps not. Wealth is also a true magnet for some. In 18th-century England, for example, impecunious aristocrats were always on the lookout for wealthy heiresses; and black widow spiders have always been notorious for preying on wealthy men….