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In technical terms, all humans have 'hunter eyes,' i.e., forward-facing eyes that allow them to focus on and pursue prey, like what is found among other predatory animals. Hunter eyes can be considered the opposite to 'prey eyes,' that is, eyes that are located on the skull's side that aids prey animals in spotting potential threats in their peripheral vision. | In technical terms, all humans have 'hunter eyes,' i.e., forward-facing eyes that allow them to focus on and pursue prey, like what is found among other predatory animals. Hunter eyes can be considered the opposite to 'prey eyes,' that is, eyes that are located on the skull's side that aids prey animals in spotting potential threats in their peripheral vision. | ||
== Sex differences == | == Sex differences == | ||
Hunter eyes are likely a [[sexual dimorphism|sexually dimorphic]] trait,<ref>https://www.futurelearn.com/info/courses/forensic-facial-reconstruction/0/steps/25656</ref> with men (especially Caucasians) having wider eyes that are proportionately narrower vertically owing to their more rectangular eye fissures.<ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-020-02894-1</ref> | Hunter eyes are likely a [[sexual dimorphism|sexually dimorphic]] trait,<ref>https://www.futurelearn.com/info/courses/forensic-facial-reconstruction/0/steps/25656</ref> with men (especially Caucasians) having wider eyes that are proportionately narrower vertically owing to their more rectangular eye fissures.<ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-020-02894-1</ref> Though, the correlation between wider eyes and global facial masculinity is weak, negative, and marginally significant in the case of the ratio of the width of the eyes compared to the vertical height, and thus it seems it would be common for men to have hunter eyes without having a particular masculine face in general. | ||
These traits (vertically narrow eyes with a low level of verticle scleral show) are considered essential aspects of 'hunter eyes'.<ref>https://lookism.net/threads/whats-great-about-orbs-eye-area-in-lookism-terms.68363/</ref> | These traits (vertically narrow eyes with a low level of verticle scleral show) are considered essential aspects of 'hunter eyes'.<ref>https://lookism.net/threads/whats-great-about-orbs-eye-area-in-lookism-terms.68363/</ref> | ||
Women's eyes tend to be more round and cute, closer to 'prey eyes'; however, women have a smaller interpupillary distance than men, rather than their eyes being peripherally positioned like in prey animals.<ref>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8115125/</ref> | Women's eyes tend to be more round and cute, closer to 'prey eyes'; however, women have a smaller interpupillary distance than men, rather than their eyes being peripherally positioned like in prey animals.<ref>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8115125/</ref> | ||
== Attractiveness == | == Attractiveness == | ||
Scientifically, it is an open question to which extent hunter eyes are directly attractive to women. Research on [[facial masculinity]] suggests that the role of most facially masculine features are generally overstated as an aspect of facial attractiveness for men, as most of these features do not play much of a role in driving female's evaluations of the attractiveness of male faces.<ref>https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0225549#pone.0225549.ref040</ref> These features possibly play even less of a role in driving actual mating outcomes for men.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Across_91_studies.2C_bodily_masculinity_was_predictive_of_men.27s_mating_and_reproductive_success</ref> | Scientifically, it is an open question to which extent hunter eyes are directly attractive to women. Research on [[facial masculinity]] suggests that the role of most facially masculine features are generally overstated as an aspect of facial attractiveness for men, as most of these features do not play much of a role in driving female's evaluations of the attractiveness of male faces.<ref>https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0225549#pone.0225549.ref040</ref> These features possibly play even less of a role in driving actual mating outcomes for men.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Across_91_studies.2C_bodily_masculinity_was_predictive_of_men.27s_mating_and_reproductive_success</ref> | ||