Facial masculinity and beardedness determine ratings of men's attractiveness

[supriyo-biswas]

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jeb.12958

[dontupvoteme]

An interesting field of study utterly ruined by the internet.

A shame we'll never see more of those old OkCupid studies because of people drawing overarching conclusions from a tiny dataset from one specific part of the world speaking one specific language.

They weren't providing insight into how "men" or "women" date, think, or reason -- they were providing insight into how the internet impacted dating.

Also very Interesting how primitive the 2016 tech is by comparison. Anyone's mobile can do a far better job Feminizing or Masculinizing a face these days.

[bsaul]

A bit weird not to include segmentation per country of origin. For sure certain countries value facial hair more than others..

[thx-2718 → bsaul]

Is what a country or society outwardly values the same as what an individual instinctively finds attractive?

[bsaul → thx-2718]

i think it would be very naive to think otherwise. People are extremely influenced regarding beauty standards.

Just look at beauty standard differences between india, south korea, and the US..

(or between different periods in the same country)

[thx-2718 → bsaul]

Are beauty standards the same as what an individual finds attractive?

Someone could very easily select partners on what the society standard is and disregard their own personal feelings or they could do the opposite.

Seems to me there's an important distinction to make.

[bsaul → thx-2718]

of course, there's always room for individual to not fit the average.. That's not the point though..

[tcskeptic]

Girls don’t like boys girls like beards and money?

[bublyboi → tcskeptic]

Boys will laugh at girls when they read this study?

[virtualritz]

TLDR; I wouldn't know where to start excluding cultural bias when conducting such a study.

Facial hair is 'hip' among younger men since about a decade now.

Marketing, advertisements, etc. are all biased in the amount of men they display, commonly models, wearing facial hair for this reason.

Then you have countries, particularly those with a Muslim majority, where facial hair for men is worn for cultural/religious reasons.

Many parts of Latin America are heavy on mustaches compared to the 'West', etc., etc.

I.e., move on; nothing of value to extract from this study.

[vinnyvichy]

Sad for those YouTube channels who have been going long on pretty boys, hope the study controlled for contraceptive intake