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(Added section explaining the (sparse, to my knowledge) studies on the relative contribution of facial and bodily attractiveness to overall physical attractiveness.) |
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A study by Peters, Rhodes and Simmons(2007) which involved 12 female students, rating photographs of combined facial and bodily pictures of men, and rating them separately (face and body) found "The male body component did not predict overall attractiveness. In contrast, rated face and body attractiveness both predicted overall male attractiveness, although face attractiveness was the stronger predictor." | A study by Peters, Rhodes and Simmons(2007) which involved 12 female students, rating photographs of combined facial and bodily pictures of men, and rating them separately (face and body) found "The male body component did not predict overall attractiveness. In contrast, rated face and body attractiveness both predicted overall male attractiveness, although face attractiveness was the stronger predictor." | ||
They also found "Face attractiveness was a significantly stronger predictor of overall attractiveness than body attractiveness in males, but not in females (males z=2.12 females z= 1.08)." | They also found "Face attractiveness was a significantly stronger predictor of overall attractiveness than body attractiveness in males, but not in females (males z=2.12 females z= 1.08)." | ||
Commenting on this they speculated "bodies and faces may reflect different aspects of mate quality. The body may be more responsive to lifestyle choices, such as exercise, fashion and grooming. Face structure,however, may be a more stable and honest indicator of heritable aspects of mate quality." | Commenting on this they speculated "bodies and faces may reflect different aspects of mate quality. The body may be more responsive to lifestyle choices, such as exercise, fashion and grooming. '''Face structure,however, may be a more stable and honest indicator of heritable aspects of mate quality."''' | ||
Another study by Currie and Little (2009) replicating the earlier quoted study, which consisted of male and female subjects rating body and face pictures separately and then together in a random order found "Ratings of facial attractiveness were a better predictor than ratings of bodily attractiveness of the rating given to images of the face and body combined. This suggests that facial attractiveness is more important in people's evaluation of overall physical attractiveness than body attractiveness and therefore implies that facial attractiveness is more important than body attractiveness in human mate choice decision" and that "Interestingly, the body was relatively more important in male ratings of female images under the short-term mating condition compared with the long-term condition (more then twice as important). The effect of facial attractiveness was relatively constant under both conditions." | Another study by Currie and Little (2009) replicating the earlier quoted study, which consisted of male and female subjects rating body and face pictures separately and then together in a random order found "Ratings of facial attractiveness were a better predictor than ratings of bodily attractiveness of the rating given to images of the face and body combined. This suggests that facial attractiveness is more important in people's evaluation of overall physical attractiveness than body attractiveness and therefore implies that facial attractiveness is more important than body attractiveness in human mate choice decision" and that '''"Interestingly, the body was relatively more important in male ratings of female images under the short-term mating condition compared with the long-term condition (more then twice as important). The effect of facial attractiveness was relatively constant under both conditions."''' | ||
Another finding was "There is some evidence for a hierarchical interaction between facial attractiveness and bodily attractiveness in determining overall physical attractiveness, especially in female ratings of male bodies. The male models with the three lowest mean ratings of their bodies had mean combined face and body ratings lower than either the independent body ratings or the independent face ratings. This suggests that the body needs to be above a certain level of attractiveness before the overall physical attractiveness is rated at a higher level" (Thus body possibly does matter to women somewhat significantly, if it is below a certain threshold necessitated by female choosiness; interestingly the guy with the best rated face in the study(still a relatively mediocre rating of 2 out of 4) had the worse rated body and his combined rating was lower then both.) | Another finding was "There is some evidence for a hierarchical interaction between facial attractiveness and bodily attractiveness in determining overall physical attractiveness, especially in female ratings of male bodies. The male models with the three lowest mean ratings of their bodies had mean combined face and body ratings lower than either the independent body ratings or the independent face ratings. '''This suggests that the body needs to be above a certain level of attractiveness before the overall physical attractiveness is rated at a higher level'''" (Thus body possibly does matter to women somewhat significantly, if it is below a certain threshold necessitated by female choosiness; interestingly the guy with the best rated face in the study(still a relatively mediocre rating of 2 out of 4) had the worse rated body and his combined rating was lower then both.) | ||
Although "the results show that the body is also important in determining physical attractiveness. Body cues are thought to provide a number of types of information in both sexes" the studies authors concluded that "facial attractiveness seems to be more important than body attractiveness in judgments of human physical attractiveness for both sexes". | Although "the results show that the body is also important in determining physical attractiveness. Body cues are thought to provide a number of types of information in both sexes" the studies authors concluded that "facial attractiveness seems to be more important than body attractiveness in judgments of human physical attractiveness for both sexes". | ||