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The '''Scientific Blackpill''' is about understanding the nature of human social and sexual behavior, especially female mate choice. | The '''Scientific Blackpill''' is about understanding the nature of human social and sexual behavior, especially female mate choice. | ||
This page | This page can be considered somewhat distinct from the rest of the wiki, which is non-pill-ideological. This article intends to collect research on human sexual behavior and mate choice, with a particular focus on evolutionary psychological perspectives (that often prove controversial) on the motives of human sexual and social behavior. | ||
The page tries to maintain a neutral tone and focus on conveying the findings of the researchers cited without | |||
Research detailing the role of traits that are (or are plausibly argued to be) mostly immutable, in mediating social and sexual exclusion is strongly emphasized in this compilation, per the [[blackpill]] theory of female mate choice. | |||
These traits include overall physical attractiveness, facial bone structure, stature, muscularity, race, personality, local sex ratios, intelligence, ability, health, mental health, as well as social and economic status. | |||
The page tries to maintain a neutral tone and focus on conveying the findings of the researchers cited without judgment. Outside of the sections demarcated as "discussion" sections, which may occasionally contain un-sourced speculation or writing from a non-neutral POV. | |||
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It was found that physical attractiveness was more strongly correlated to the women's ratings of desirability for the men then their personality profiles (with the mothers being less selective on looks then their daughters, except when it came to unattractive men,) and that a certain level of attractiveness was thus seen as a 'necessity' for both the young women and their mothers. | It was found that physical attractiveness was more strongly correlated to the women's ratings of desirability for the men then their personality profiles (with the mothers being less selective on looks then their daughters, except when it came to unattractive men,) and that a certain level of attractiveness was thus seen as a 'necessity' for both the young women and their mothers. | ||
Further research conducted by the lead author of the aforementioned study and colleagues (Fugère et al. 2019) also reinforced these findings. By conducting an experiment with a similar design to the above study, but using father-daughter pairs instead of mother-daughter pairs, the same ultimate conclusion as the prior study was reached. That is, the women in the sample and their fathers only found men who exceeded a certain threshold of physical attractiveness as acceptable mates for themselves/their daughters. This was maintained even when the physically unattractive men were described as being highest in specific romantic partner characteristics, which are generally considered desirable in a romantic partner such as warmth, intelligence, honesty, ambition, respectfulness, and so forth. | |||
Interestingly enough, however, they did find that the women's fathers generally placed more weight on the favorable personality traits than the daughters did. When there was disagreement between which partner was more desirable between the father and the daughter, the researchers stated that the women consistently chose the most physically attractive man. In contrast, the fathers consistently chose the one with the most favorable personality profile. The fathers also consistently evaluated all of the male prospects as representing more desirable romantic partners than their daughters did themselves. | |||
In short, the male profiles in the study were not considered to be acceptable dating partners by the daughters and their fathers when they were below a particular looks threshold. Above that threshold of physical attractiveness, desirable personality traits, and good character traits in the males were more valued than physical attractiveness by the fathers. In contrast, the daughters consistently valued the men's physical attractiveness above all of these traits. | |||
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* ''Because of the positive association between attractiveness and pleasing personalities, it may be that we not only expect attractive others to have more favorable personality characteristics but that we also expect those with more favorable characteristics to possess at least a minimally acceptable level of physical attractiveness.'' | * ''Because of the positive association between attractiveness and pleasing personalities, it may be that we not only expect attractive others to have more favorable personality characteristics but that we also expect those with more favorable characteristics to possess at least a minimally acceptable level of physical attractiveness.'' | ||
* ''Although personality ratings impacted mothers’ perceptions of the target men more so than daughters’, personality ratings were strongly influenced by men’s physical attractiveness.'' | * ''Although personality ratings impacted mothers’ perceptions of the target men more so than daughters’, personality ratings were strongly influenced by men’s physical attractiveness.'' | ||
* ''Reinforcing the importance of men’s physical attractiveness, men with the most desirable personality profiles were rated more favorably than their counterparts only when they were moderately attractive or more attractive; unattractive men were never rated as more desirable partners for daughters, even when they possessed the most favorable personality profile'' (Fugère et al. 2019). | |||
* '' ... when women and their fathers disagreed about the best mate for daughters, women chose the more attractiveman while fathers chose the man with the more desirable personality traits. (Fugère et al. 2019).'' | |||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> | ||
*Fugère MA, Chabot C, Doucette K, Cousins | *Fugère MA, Chabot C, Doucette K, Cousins AJ. 2017.'' The Importance of Physical Attractiveness to the Mate Choices of Women and Their Mothers.'' Evolutionary Psychological Science. 3(3): 243-252. [[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs40806-017-0092-x Abstract]] | ||
* Fugère MA, Madden S, Cousins AJ. 2019. ''The Relative Importance of Physical Attractiveness and Personality Characteristics to the Mate Choices of Women and Their Fathers''. Evolutionary Psychological Science. 5(4):394-404. [[https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-019-00195-z Abstract]] | |||
===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal;" id="Being_unattractive_reduces_men.27s_chances_of_finding_partners.2C_but_not_women.27s">Being unattractive reduces men's chances of finding partners, but not women's</span>=== | ===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal;" id="Being_unattractive_reduces_men.27s_chances_of_finding_partners.2C_but_not_women.27s">Being unattractive reduces men's chances of finding partners, but not women's</span>=== | ||