Why Men Prefer Pretty Faces

channels.netscape.com ^ | Feb. 18, 2004 | channels.netscape.com

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Why Men Prefer Pretty Faces

So you think beauty is in the eye of the beholder? Think again. According to new research from the University of Exeter in Great Britain, the preference for pretty faces over ugly ones is embedded in our brains from the moment of birth and possibly prior to birth.

Newborn babies come fully equipped with built-in preferences, including a preference for an attractive face, that help them make sense of their new environment, report the BBC News Online and Newsweek magazine. The Exeter researchers showed more than 100 infants two images that were placed side by side. One was of an attractive face, while the other was a less attractive face. The babies, ranging in age from five hours old to two days old, spent about 80 percent of the time looking at the attractive face, while barely glancing at the unattractive face.

"You can show them pair after pair of faces that are matched for everything other than attractiveness. This leads to the conclusion that babies are born with a very detailed representation of the human face," Dr. Alan Slater, a psychologist at Exeter, explained to the BBC News. Why would infants have this capability? "It helps them to recognize familiar faces--particularly that of the mother--and it helps them in learning about the social world. Attractiveness is not simply in the eye of the beholder, it is in the brain of the newborn infant right from the moment of birth and possibly prior to birth," he added.
When those babies grow up, the preference for pretty faces doesn't change. And it crosses all cultures and geography as well. When an insular European is shown the faces of two Africans, the one he chooses as most attractive is also the same one an African chooses. And it works the other way around when an African is shown the faces of two Europeans.

"Although we think that standards of facial beauty vary over time and culture, they don't actually change that much," Slater explained to Newsweek. The evidence indicates that there is a biological and universal standard."

So don't blame a man when he can't help but look at a pretty face! He's biologically programmed that way.

[blackbart.223]

I live in the outback and can only get dialup so my responses tend to be slow.

[Monkey Face]

Yah..."beauty sleep" be darned. I are what I are, an' that's all that I are. And at the moment, I'd kill a bunny fer some spinach! (With BUTTER and lemon!)

[Monkey Face]

It's OK..I was on dial-up

It sucked, but it beat whatever was in second place at the moment!

[Monkey Face]

I just moved out of Tek-sus...

[Eagle9]

 

 

Grace Kelly

 

 

[Monkey Face]

Your home page doesn't tell me a lot...

[blackbart.223]

"I'd kill a bunny fer some spinach! (With BUTTER and lemon!"

If you are going to shoot a cottontail rabbit, rub it with olive oil and pepper and toss it on the grill.

Good camp food.

[Monkey Face]

If I had her looks and brains, I'd NEVER have to work again!

She was SO beautiful!

[blackbart.223]

"Your home page doesn't tell me a lot..."

It tells you all you need to know.

[Monkey Face]

YOU do it!

I kill 'em...I don't dress 'em...

Bring 'em home ready to cook, and I'll have the coals hot...(Or the maid will)

[Monkey Face]

Not eggs-SAK-ly...

You have the advantage...you have seen my face...

[blackbart.223]

"You have the advantage...you have seen my face..."

And you are better off because you have not seen mine. I love to chatter on the internet but It's not wise to reveal too much of yourself. For all I know you could be a fag looking for some action.

[TexasNative2000]

The most stunning woman in the world. Laetitia Casta.

Good morning all.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Logging off before dawn breaks?(!)

Poseur.

:0)

-good times, G.J.P.(Jr.)

[Major_Risktaker]

The Brits waste more money to study common sense. No wonder they are what they are nowadays.

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The Exeter researchers showed more than 100 infants two images that were placed side by side. One was of an attractive face, while the other was a less attractive face.

This test may work on English infants.
However, it fails with this English adult male terribly.

[beyond the sea]

Beeeeeautiful! What a girl, what a game!

Thanks

[beyond the sea]

That's my favorite picture of her. Not only is she beautifully fresh and innocent, but the photographer (or someone) blended the color of her top with the leaves of the tree. It's a really sweet picture.

I pray that this girl stays the same, and avoids all negative influences over the next years.

Thanks again.

****

My God, ...... and those legs.

[Hot Tabasco]

They all look the same in the dark....thats why you leave before sunrise.

[arasina]

Face-smace, give me cleavage.

[Hot Tabasco]

...besides, the ugly ones usually try harder...