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Conversely, body attractiveness mattered relatively more to men when evaluating women exclusively for short-term relationships. The mating context-related primes had less influence on women's evaluations of the relative importance of facial attractiveness, which was stable across both conditions. | Conversely, body attractiveness mattered relatively more to men when evaluating women exclusively for short-term relationships. The mating context-related primes had less influence on women's evaluations of the relative importance of facial attractiveness, which was stable across both conditions. | ||
This finding suggests that bodily attractiveness matters quite a bit in determining gestalt physical attractiveness. However, there may be a 'minimal threshold' of facial attractiveness needed for bodily attractiveness to matter much. Interestingly enough, though, the researchers in this study found stronger evidence for an opposite effect, i.e., in some subjects, their gestalt physical attractiveness was dragged down in a dramatic way when their bodies were relatively unattractive compared to their faces. | This finding suggests that bodily attractiveness matters quite a bit in determining gestalt physical attractiveness. However, there may be a 'minimal threshold' of facial attractiveness needed for bodily attractiveness to matter much. Interestingly enough, though, the researchers in this study found stronger evidence for an opposite effect, i.e., in some male subjects, their gestalt physical attractiveness was dragged down in a dramatic way when their bodies were relatively unattractive compared to their faces. | ||
==Relation of stature to body attractiveness== | ==Relation of stature to body attractiveness== | ||