MORE SCIENCE: Women are hard-wired to find well-meaning sexist men MORE attractive because they think they will be protected and provided for, finds study. “Men who are considered to be sexist in a well-meaning way – for example if they are chivalrous or think women need a man to protect them – may be more attractive. Even though women find these men patronising and can feel undermined by them, they are more likely to want to couple up with them than with men who don’t give them special treatment.”