Women's Faces Outrank Men's in Attractiveness Across Cultures, Global Study Shows
Researchers analyzed 52 studies and found women’s faces scored about one-third higher than men’s, suggesting the pattern is robust across judgments.
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What was long regarded as a cultural cliché has now been investigated in a large study: Is the female gender superior to the male in its attractiveness? The researchers come to a remarkably clear result.
Women's faces outrank men's in attractiveness across cultures, global study shows
Why are women considered the "fairer sex" in humans, when in most animal species it is males that display the more elaborate and visually striking traits? This question has intrigued researchers since Darwin. A new large-scale study led by the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA) in Frankfurt now provides clear empirical evidence for the first time. The findings have just been published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
"The beautiful gender" seems to exist. In any case, the results of a large-scale study led by the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics suggest this.
According to the researchers, the study primarily provides a broad overview of how people perceive faces. A conclusive explanation for the origin of that difference is still lacking.
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