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<span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> | ||
* Jonason PK, Raulston T, Rotolo A. 2012. ''More Than Just a Pretty Face and a Hot Body: Multiple Cues in Mate-Choice.'' The Journal of Social Psychology. 152(2): 174–184. | * Jonason PK, Raulston T, Rotolo A. 2012. ''More Than Just a Pretty Face and a Hot Body: Multiple Cues in Mate-Choice.'' The Journal of Social Psychology. 152(2): 174–184. | ||
===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">Facial attractiveness contributes more to overall attractiveness than body, particularly in men </span>=== | |||
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Currie and Little (2009) conducted a study regarding relative contributions of facial and bodily attractiveness to overall physical attractiveness. | |||
Participants (males n=127 females n=133) were shown a randomized sequence of masked (to minimize potential confounds, such as hair and clothing) body images, then face images, then combined images (the images were presented side to side, not synthesized into a full body photo) and were then requested to rate these the physical attractiveness of these images. A separate group of unisex raters were also requested to rate the images, with correlations between the ratings of both groups being very high. | |||
The participants were then requested to rate the desirability of the models in the photographs in both a short-term and long-term mating context. | |||
It was found that facial attractiveness was a far more significant predictor of overall physical attractiveness then bodily attractiveness, for both sexes. Bodily attractiveness however, was also significant contributor to overall attractiveness for both sexes, with it being relatively more important compared to facial attractiveness for men evaluating the short-term attractiveness of women as compared to the long-term condition. The researchers found there was no such moderating effect of mating context in regards to women's evaluations of male attractiveness. | |||
Interestingly, the researchers also found evidence that suggests women demand that male's bodily attractiveness be above a certain threshold before he is rated as physically attractive overall, regardless of his facial attractiveness. | |||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''Quotes:'''</span> | |||
* ''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.'' | |||
* ''Interestingly, the body was relatively more important in male ratings of female images under the short-term condition compared with the long-term condition. The effect of facial attractiveness was relatively constant under both conditions.'' | |||
* ''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.'' | |||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> | |||
*Currie TE, Little AC. 2009. ''The relative importance of the face and body in judgments of human physical attractiveness.'' Evolution and Human Behavior. 30(6): 406-416. [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513809000580 Abstract]] | |||
===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">Balding men are perceived as less attractive, less dominant, older, and more appeasing</span>=== | ===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">Balding men are perceived as less attractive, less dominant, older, and more appeasing</span>=== | ||