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'''Facial width-to-height ratio''' (or short '''FWHR'''), measures how broad the face is in relation to the [[height]] of the face. FWHR was only discovered in the last few years but in that short amount of time it has been found in some studies that FWHR is correlated with such things as dominance, aggression, psychopathy, short term attraction, fighting ability, financial success, risk-taking behavior, trustworthiness, sex drive, status, and pre-natal testosterone exposure or adult testosterone levels. | '''Facial width-to-height ratio''' (or short '''FWHR'''), measures how broad the face is in relation to the [[height]] of the face. FWHR was only discovered in the last few years but in that short amount of time it has been found in some studies that FWHR is correlated with such things as dominance, aggression, psychopathy, short term attraction, fighting ability, financial success, risk-taking behavior, trustworthiness, sex drive, status, and pre-natal testosterone exposure or adult testosterone levels. | ||
While some of these findings have been replicated, others have been criticized on methodological grounds, or have flatly failed to replicate, such as the purported link between fWHR and adolescent or adult serum testosterone levels.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/310461784_Commentary_Facial_Width-to-Height_Ratio_fWHR_Is_Not_Associated_with_Adolescent_Testosterone_Levels</ref><ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329686209_Further_Evidence_that_Facial_Width-to-Height_Ratio_and_Global_Facial_Masculinity_Are_Not_Positively_Associated_with_Testosterone_Levels</ref> | While some of these findings have been replicated, others have been criticized on methodological grounds, or have flatly failed to replicate, such as the purported link between fWHR and adolescent or adult serum testosterone levels.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/310461784_Commentary_Facial_Width-to-Height_Ratio_fWHR_Is_Not_Associated_with_Adolescent_Testosterone_Levels</ref><ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329686209_Further_Evidence_that_Facial_Width-to-Height_Ratio_and_Global_Facial_Masculinity_Are_Not_Positively_Associated_with_Testosterone_Levels</ref> | ||
Some studies have also found no significant association between fWHR and anti-social behavior <ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333685699_A_Case_of_Evolutionary_Mismatch_Why_Facial_Width-to-Height_Ratio_May_Not_Predict_Behavioral_Tendencies</ref> or socio-sexuality in women.<ref>https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0200308</ref> | Some studies have also found no significant association between fWHR and anti-social behavior <ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333685699_A_Case_of_Evolutionary_Mismatch_Why_Facial_Width-to-Height_Ratio_May_Not_Predict_Behavioral_Tendencies</ref> or socio-sexuality in women.<ref>https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0200308</ref> | ||
FWHR does not seem to be sexually dimorphic,<ref>Lefevre, C. E., Lewis, G. J., Bates, T. C., Dzhelyova, M., Coetzee, V., Deary, I. J., & Perrett, D. I. (2012). No evidence for [[sexual dimorphism]] of facial width-to-height ratio in four large adult samples. Evolution and Human Behavior, 33(6), 623-627</ref> and very low FWHRs, i.e. flat faces tend to be unattractive in both sexes, sometimes referred to as ''fish face''.{{citation needed}} There evidence that faces have become longer and more flat in modern societies.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Men_with_dominant.2C_aggressive_faces_.28high_fWHR.29_are_preferred_for_short_term_relationships</ref> | |||
==Measurement styles== | ==Measurement styles== | ||