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No. 5568: Garfield Plus Evolutionary Psychological Science

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Garfield Plus Evolutionary Psychological Science

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Strip by: John Murtha

Jon: It's a wonder I'm still single, right, Garfield?
Garfield: Wrong
Text: Garfield's Believe it, or DON'T!
Jon: Now I'll never get a woman!
Text: Poor looks, where men indicated that they were single because they were not good looking, was at the top of the hierarchy. Frequent complaints involved being short and bald.
Garfield: It's called a calorie
Text: The Overweight, found a bit lower in the hierarchy, where men indicated that being overweight prevented them from attracting a partner
Jon: I couldn't get the front door open
Garfield: My hero
Text: The "Low self-esteem/confidence category" was second in the hierarchy
Garfield: Ah-ha!
Text: followed by the "Low effort," where individuals indicated that they were single because they did not put sufficient effort in getting a relationship.
Jon: There
Garfield: We're bachelors, baby
Text: The "Not interested in relationships" was next, where individuals indicated a lack of interest in forming an intimate relationship, with freedom being the most common reason mentioned.
{A crowd}
Text: Demographics across post-industrial countries indicate that a considerable proportion of adult population is single, and our findings suggest that a large portion of the singles is involuntarily single; that is to say, they want a partner but they cannot get one.
Text: In turn, this makes the study of singlehood of high importance, especially if one considers the negative emotional impact it can have.}
Jon: I don't want to be alone
Text: Apostolou, M. (2018). Why men stay single? Evidence from reddit. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 5(1), 87-97. doi:10.1007/s40806-018-0163-7

The author writes:

Garfield presents research, pre-Divine Davis intervention. Believe it, or don't.

Original strips: 1985-12-08, 1988-11-21, 1989-02-12, 1989-10-28, 1991-05-31, 1996-01-23, 1997-08-30, 2001-12-16, 2004-07-25, 2014-03-16.