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Re: OT: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded? "Yer Ugly Mug," etc.

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Saturday, May 17, 2003, 13:10
Quoting Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...>:

> >Continuing off-topically, does anyone know if there's any data on > whether > >gay > >men tend to be attracted by the same things in men as are > (heterosexual) > >women > >or not? And similarly with lesbians and straight men? > > Never heard of such a study, but who knows. My initial question would > be > "What were the demographics of the sampling?" > > Are all straight women and straight men attracted by the same things? > And > where do you place post-op transgendered persons attacked to same > gender?
Well, there's supposed to be a set of features that are considered attractive in all cultures, and therefore presumeably are "hardwired". A given individual may of course always be a freak. But realistically a such study would probably be done on Westerners, and the results would therefore of course mainly apply to such. Andreas

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