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PSL rating is a scale used in [[PSL| PSL Community]] to rate human physical attractiveness. It claims to measure attractiveness on a more [https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bell-curve.asp normal distribution] than the [[Decile chart]] commonly used by [[Normies]] to rate attractiveness, which is often claimed by proponents of the PSL scale to render inflated attractiveness ratings. | PSL rating is a scale used in [[PSL| PSL Community]] to rate human physical attractiveness. It claims to measure attractiveness on a more [https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bell-curve.asp normal distribution] than the [[Decile chart]] commonly used by [[Normies]] to rate attractiveness, which is often claimed by proponents of the PSL scale to render inflated attractiveness ratings. | ||
In this conceptualization of looks ratings, 4 PSL represents the median physical attractiveness for an individual of a certain sex, while 8 PSL means literal perfection. That means most people are near the median attractiveness (or the 50th percentile), 4 PSL, while a small minority of the population is 6 PSL or higher. Though the population variance in attractiveness for PSL ratings is generally not clearly defined or based on | In this conceptualization of looks ratings, 4 PSL represents the median physical attractiveness for an individual of a certain sex, while 8 PSL means literal perfection. That means most people are near the median attractiveness (or the 50th percentile), 4 PSL, while a small minority of the population is 6 PSL or higher. Though the population variance in attractiveness for PSL ratings is generally not clearly defined or based on empirically rank-ordered attractiveness ratings, although certain PSL ratings are often claimed to correspond to certain physical attractiveness percentiles, as detailed below. | ||
Nevertheless, some argue that rating looks more harshly as PSL does may be more accurate than the intuitive decile scale ratings, as online dating data on physical attractiveness ratings appears to imitate a similar distribution of male looks. This may be because physical attractiveness may be non-normally distributed in the general population (with fewer men than expected being regarded extremely good looking by women), or women may tend to rate men in a similarly harsh manner as the PSL scale intuitively due to increased choosiness.<ref>https://datepsychology.com/is-physical-attractiveness-normally-distributed/</ref> | |||
===The Rating Scale=== | ===The Rating Scale=== | ||