A new study claims that men with feminine faces will be luckier in love as more women are attracted to them than masculine men
A new study claims that men with feminine faces will be luckier in love as more women are attracted to them than masculine men
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According to the research by psychologists at New York and Princeton universities, most women prefer men with more feminine shaped faces and darker skin, reports the Daily Mail.
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But the investigation found that men typically also want women's faces to be feminine with plump lips and wide eyes.
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Two groups of men and women were shown a selection of thousands of computer-generated faces of the opposite sex to rate, which had been manipulated to look either more masculine or feminine.
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The computer model tested 50 dimensions of facial features, including nose size, plumpness of lips and facial colouring.
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The scientists found that more men want women's faces to have a feminine shape, while women also want men's faces to have a feminine shape, but darker skin.
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The findings show that male and female attractiveness are not equal and opposite, according to the researchers.
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The study will be published by the Psychological Science journal.