MrMan wrote: ↑March 5th, 2023, 5:00 pm
I can't tell whether guys are especially good-looking or not. I have to guess based on features said to be good-looking or the context-- like being the main character or women going ga-ga over a guy. I don't get that instant realization of it like for a female face.
But as far as the golden ratio goes, this woman was supposed to be the most beautiful women in the world based on the golden ratio, but I read about half of men don't find her particularly attractive.
And that's one of the more flattering pictures of her.
She's only pretty from certain angles, and certainly does not have the most beautiful face in the world. Symmetry doesn't seem to capture beauty. Neither does the golden ratio. I think there is some combination, and also certain features, like large eyes on a woman, or large lips depending on facial shape, along with delicate chins and certain nose shapes may women prettier.
An odd shaped nose might look unattractive, but still fit in the golden ratio.
Blah, people tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them. In social psychology, this effect is sometimes called the familiarity principle. The effect has been demonstrated with many kinds of things, including words, Chinese characters, paintings, pictures of faces, geometric figures, and sounds. In studies of interpersonal attraction, the more often someone sees a person, the more pleasing and likeable they find that person. We are wired to prefer familiar things to unfamiliar ones. The cognitive system uses familiarity as a way to judge that something is relatively safe. A lot of people go on and on about attractiveness. They even use silly numerical scales to rate attractiveness. However, that is all nonsense, you're either a) unattractive b) attractive and c) extremely attractive. Here's a break down:
Over the years, many studies have examined what people find attractive in faces. One important factor is symmetry. If you draw a line down the middle of someone’s face, the more similar the right and left sides of the face, the more attractive it is seen to be. Evolutionary psychologists have reported that we like symmetry in faces because it is a sign of health.
1. Asymmetry face (unattractive). People's faces are deemed 'unattractive' exactly because their features deviate from the symmetrical set as a default for their sex.
2. Averaged face (good looking/cute). 'Average' means having even and symmetrical features, which are generally rated more attractive than asymmetrical ones. The word "average" in a way that differs from the way that we normally use it when talking about looks and attractiveness. There is a big difference between 'average looking', as in plain, and the "average", as in a representative composite.
3. Extremely attractive face - Slightly exaggerated average. Attractiveness is not, as you might at first think, linked with distinctiveness; it’s actually the opposite. Researchers created artificial faces on a computer by combining photos of several people’s faces to generate a composite, “average” image. In preference trials, these highly average faces were consistently rated most attractive. What’s more, the more faces were used to build a composite face, the more attractive the composite face was judged. A big reason for this was morphing process eliminates the asymmetries in the individual faces