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== Sex differences in neoteny == | == Sex differences in neoteny == | ||
The most obvious physical neotenous trait in women is their shorter stature | The most obvious physical neotenous trait in women is their shorter stature. Even though men are only about 8% taller on average, it is a difference with a very large effect size of d = 2.0,<ref name="height"></ref> meaning most men are taller than most women. Accordingly, women also have a weaker physique, with the largest sex difference being in upper body and arm/hand musculature leading to large sex differences in throwing and lifting with effect sizes north of d = 2.5.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#Almost_all_men_are_stronger_than_almost_all_women</ref> | ||
Women's faces are also somewhat more neotenous. A neotenous face is marked by a high ratio of neurocranial to lower-facial features, while also exhibiting a small nose and ears and full lips.<ref name="jones95">https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1601&context=fchd_facpub</ref> Part of the relatively enlarged neurocranial features is the eye region and various animal babies have proportionally very large eyes. But while it is true, that men are more sexually attracted to women with larger eyes,<ref>Cunningham MR, Roberts AR, Barbee AP, Druen PB, Wu CH (1995). "Their ideas of beauty are, on the whole, the same as ours": consistency and variability in the cross-cultural perception of female physical attractiveness". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 68 (2): 261–79. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.68.2.261. S2CID 27778786.</ref> | Women's faces are also somewhat more neotenous. A neotenous face is marked by a high ratio of neurocranial to lower-facial features, while also exhibiting a small nose and ears and full lips.<ref name="jones95">https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1601&context=fchd_facpub</ref> Part of the relatively enlarged neurocranial features is the eye region and various animal babies have proportionally very large eyes. But while it is true, that men are more sexually attracted to women with larger eyes,<ref>Cunningham MR, Roberts AR, Barbee AP, Druen PB, Wu CH (1995). "Their ideas of beauty are, on the whole, the same as ours": consistency and variability in the cross-cultural perception of female physical attractiveness". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 68 (2): 261–79. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.68.2.261. S2CID 27778786.</ref> | ||
women's eyes are not actually larger than men's in absolute terms. | women's eyes are not actually larger than men's in absolute terms. | ||