From: Karen Rand Smigrodzki (karen@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Sat Jul 05 2003 - 20:05:34 MDT
I looked at the website below. I immediately preferred the faces on the left
( both being the more symmetrical ones). However, the reason I didn't like
the male face on the right was because he looked too feminine to me. I think
it is the pointy chin that makes him look less masculine. Although, these
preferences are supposed to change for women as we go through our monthly
cycles. I will see if I can find the reference.
--karen
> Continuing in this vein, we have:
>
http://salmon.psy.plym.ac.uk/year3/PSY339EvolutionaryPsychology/EvolutionaryPsychology.htm#beautyandasymmetry
>
> As we all know, symmetric faces are more beautiful. Here is a thing that
> fascinates me; I can immediately see the symmetrical female face as more
> beautiful, but I don't see any difference in handsomeness between the
> symmetric and asymmetric male face. Having briefly checked a chat
> channel, I find that some men also see no difference in handsomeness,
> while others say they see the symmetric face as more handsome. I wasn't
> able to question any women.
>
> --
> Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
> Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
>
>
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