Nicholas Aretakis, author of a new book, Ditching Mr. Wrong: How to End a Bad Relationship and Find Mr. Right, agrees with Leila's assessment. Well, sort of.

 

"Men typically dance to the rhythm inside their head," says Aretakis, "while women dance to the rhythm of the song. That's just a gender-gap reality.

 

If you want to extrapolate from dancing to sex, look for the guy who's actually trying to pay attention and improve his moves. He may still look like a silverback gorilla who's had a few too many, but the fact that he's making an attempt means he's got a lot of potential between the sheets."

 

Personally, I've always believed the opposite to be true. In my experience, the guys who could work a dance floor were pretty good at working the headboard as well. And there is some research to back that up.

 

Lee Cronk, an associate professor of anthropology at Rutgers said, "At least since Darwin, scientists have suspected that dance so often plays a role in courtship because dance quality tracks with mate quality."

 

Darwin, for instance believed dancing to be an important part of mate selection. 

 

And a recent study at Rutgers found that men who are better dancers tended to be more symmetrical, a sign linked to attractiveness and better quality mates in other studies. Interestingly enough, the study did not show as high a correlation for women. In other words, we ladies are not generally held to the same high dance floor standards.

 

TK, a dater, says, "Being good in bed is all about rhythm and synchronizing with your partner. Sometime you move your body along with her body, but sometimes you move your body away from her body. This same idea of "Push-Pull" is basic in dance styles such as Salsa, Tango, Hip Hop, etc."

 

R&B producer Aaron McCoy says women "know implicitly what they want out of a guy while at the dance club. They want a guy who can show them something new and freaky, while keeping the fundamentals of hip motion in tact but drawing them in with just enough pizzazz."