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The relation of beauty to health and ability is mostly only relevant for extreme cases like disfigurement, certain syndromes and skin rashes and the like. | The relation of beauty to health and ability is mostly only relevant for extreme cases like disfigurement, certain syndromes and skin rashes and the like. | ||
Sexually dimorphic beauty and health are only weakly related when disregarding these extremes,<ref>Scientific_Blackpill#Attractive_people_are_perceived_much_more_positively_than_they_really_are</ref> but slight fitness advantages could have initiated | Sexually dimorphic beauty and health are only weakly related when disregarding these extremes,<ref>Scientific_Blackpill#Attractive_people_are_perceived_much_more_positively_than_they_really_are</ref> but slight fitness advantages could have also initiated feedback loops in sexual selection. | ||
Sexual dimorphism exists in all races, but it is highest in Europeans and Inuits and lowest in Africans. Low dimorphism in Africans has been proposed to be explained by a fast/die young ecology (fast LH) favoring men who impregnate many women, hence the women are more likely left alone and hence need to exhibit male characteristics like physical dominance and dependability.{{citation needed}} | Sexual dimorphism exists in all races, but it is highest in Europeans and Inuits and lowest in Africans. Low dimorphism in Africans has been proposed to be explained by a fast/die young ecology (fast LH) favoring men who impregnate many women, hence the women are more likely left alone and hence need to exhibit male characteristics like physical dominance and dependability.{{citation needed}} | ||