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Some Blackpill theorists suggest Pretty boys are "alpha-beta males" in that they spread their genes through a short term mating strategy like [[Chad]] does but reproduce a large number of sexy daughters instead of sexy sons. | Some Blackpill theorists suggest Pretty boys are "alpha-beta males" in that they spread their genes through a short term mating strategy like [[Chad]] does but reproduce a large number of sexy daughters instead of sexy sons. | ||
== | ==Research== | ||
The earliest looks studies done in 1997, concluded that feminine faced males were more attractive than masculine faced males.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/pretty-boys-outscore-men-with-a-strong-jaw-1174300.html</ref> However [[ | ===Women's attraction to facially feminine males=== | ||
The earliest looks studies done in 1997, concluded that feminine faced males were more attractive than masculine faced males.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/pretty-boys-outscore-men-with-a-strong-jaw-1174300.html</ref> However, [[Scientific_Blackpill#Men.27s_facial_masculinity_determines_female_interest_for_friendship_vs._short.2Flong-term_dating|other research]] conducted since has found that hyper-masculinity is more correlated with sexual success in certain mating contexts (short-term relationships). | |||
The original looks studies were | The original looks studies from 1997 were extremely flawed due to the researchers confusing femininity for beauty. Beauty is a stand-alone trait that has an overlap with femininity. Beauty is attractive in both sexes. Some facial features, such as full lips, are inherently beautiful and attractive to both men and women. Any facial morph where the more "masculine" face has thinner lips, is going to be rated as less attractive. When the feminine/beautiful traits are left alone, but the masculine traits exaggerated, the face is more attractive. Autists have an extremely hard time distinguishing femininity from beauty due to being bad with faces (Prosopagnosia, face-blindness). | ||
In short, women couldn't care less if a dude looks like a chick as long as the guy has some super masculine features, such as a strong jaw, chin, hunter eyes, very large full eyebrows, etc. | |||
Still, when given a choice between a pretty boy and a manly man, women tend to choose the manly man. Romance novels often use long-haired, aesthetic, pretty boys with added rippling muscles as cover models to appeal to as many different women's preferences as possible. | |||
Previous studies (done as early as 1997) on sexual dimorphism showed feminine preferences in female faces and mixed findings in male faces. A 2014 study on preferences for sexual dimorphism on attractiveness levels in male faces found both male and female participants preferred masculine faces to androgynous faces | Previous studies (done as early as 1997) on sexual dimorphism showed feminine preferences in female faces and mixed findings in male faces. A 2014 study on preferences for sexual dimorphism on attractiveness levels in male faces found both male and female participants preferred masculine faces to androgynous faces when the faces were highly attractive, but there were mixed results at lowers levels of attractiveness.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886914007132</ref> | ||
===Behavioral androgyny, 'homosexual genes', and sexual success=== | |||
Despite mixed results on facial androgyny, research has shown behavioral androgyny to be linearly correlated with more opposite-sex partners. | |||
There is considerable evidence that human sexual orientation is genetically influenced, so it is not known how homosexuality, which tends to lower [[reproductive success]], is maintained in the population at a relatively high frequency. One hypothesis proposes that while genes predisposing to homosexuality reduce homosexuals' reproductive success, they may confer some advantage in heterosexuals who carry them. However, it is not clear what such an advantage may be. | There is considerable evidence that human sexual orientation is genetically influenced, so it is not known how homosexuality, which tends to lower [[reproductive success]], is maintained in the population at a relatively high frequency. One hypothesis proposes that while genes predisposing to homosexuality reduce homosexuals' reproductive success, they may confer some advantage in heterosexuals who carry them. However, it is not clear what such an advantage may be. | ||