Snowthy, in answer to your inquiry towards British accents:
In my experience, it is not just British accents women love, it is most foreign accents, though there are stronger preferences depending on the woman. A foreign accent brings about an exotic/adventurous sense of a person because in order for the accent to be "foreign" they must be from another country, which means they have traveled and may have incredibly interesting stories to tell of their land and culture (though, this reasoning is much deeper than most women actually think about). Personally, I love a British accent because the speech sounds more refined and distinguished. It is charming and gentleman-like.
Now that I've done my muffining, I'll add to the actual conversation and admit I have a major crush on Orson Welles