Re: OT: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded? "Yer Ugly Mug," etc.
| From: | Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, May 17, 2003, 13:33 |
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> > 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?
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>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.
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