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

From:Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...>
Date:Saturday, May 17, 2003, 13:33
> > 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.
There was a study done 2 or 3 years ago which reached the conclusion that people are attracted to those with features which come closest to an abstract average of the features of those whom they see on a daily basis (I guess blind individuals aren't attracted to anyone). They arrived at this "average" face via morphing pics they had taken. I saw nothing to indicate they even considered gays, lesbians or transgendered, nor even showed same-gender averages to individuals. And I have no idea how diverse or dense their sampling was. I seriously question the "hardwired" assumption. _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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