Reasons Women Like Bad Boys

One reason why women like bad boys is that many women are often attracted to men who are very different from themselves. You may find it highly appealing, exciting, and interesting to have a relationship dynamic where you and your partner are quite dissimilar from each other. And while it may seem as though these differences would make you weaker as a couple, research has shown that there's actually truth behind the saying "opposites attract." As noted in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, having increased similarities with your partner doesn't help to increase your likelihood of having a successful, happy, or long-lasting relationship. In fact, being different from your mate, whether through your interests, background, and/or religious beliefs, can actually help to create a stronger connection due to the ways in which your differences complement one another.