Why do women prefer bad boys?

I think it also has to do with our hormones and evolution. Weird, eh? I've read a couple of times in science journals (yeah i'm a geek) that when women are ovulating they tend to find more masculine guys hot and really, really attractive. They say that this is because of our evolutionary instinct to mate with the male that appears to have the most viable sperm (which is good for the species) and to make sure that that kind of robustness will be passed on to future generations. Since most bad boys project this kind of image (the facial hair, leather jacket, macho look, etc) then I guess that's what makes women go gaga, even if in the long term they are not really "good" for us. You might as well say that women are wired to have the hots for masculine-looking men... which is not limited to bad boys alone, I should add. It's also interesting to note that the same research also found that there are also times in a woman's cycle that she goes for more soft, feminine-featured "good guys". This happens when a woman is menstruating, specifically. This is because during this time the body is hotwired for birth and so going for the guys with what seems to be a good paternal instinct that will take care of the brood is very beneficial for the woman. But since menstruation is just like 3-7 days of our cycle the attraction doesn't really last that long. Personally yeah I've realized that I do tend to salivate over hunky guys when I'm in the middle of my cycle. Bad boys have more mystery and excitement thrown in with the package so they are particularly more delectable. But for long-term relationships no I wouldn't go steady with a "bad boy". I've gone down that path before and it's really messy and cause for too much heartache..

Because my women thinking is always different. Teen girls are influenced my movies and tele vision to prefer some rude person as life partner.

aha but i do not know why . i think it will only be known by women /

because the bad boys know the women's mind ,their's words make the women happy ,the women are relaxing with them, the worthy boys too good to make their lover happy. for me ,i will find the man who really love me

Hmm maybe we like strong characters and bad boys portray them likely very well.