Physical Attractiveness

Question 1

Cross-cultural Similarities – Facial Features

Answer 1

•’Average’ looking faces (Little, 2015)
•Symmetrical (Fink et al., 2006)

Question 2

Women

Answer 2

• Hourglass shape (Valentova at al., 2017)

•Waist to hip ratio of 0.7

•Waist to bust ratio of 0.75 (Voracek & Fisher, 2006)

•Slender and normal weight (Faries & Bartholomew, 2012)

• is about ratio not size!
• it gives the impression that the women is healthy and can birth children ( man can pass down genetic)

Question 3

Men

Answer 3

•Broad shoulders and muscles

•Waist to hip ratio of 0.9

•Shoulder to hip ratio of 1.2

•ALSO must have resources (e.g. good salary)

•Taller than female partner

•Intelligence

Muscled men (before) and/or skinny (now) man are preferred for women maybe due to intelligence

Less clear what women prefer

Question 4

Evolutionary Perspective

Answer 4

•Preferred physical shapes are linked to better physical and mental health

•Attractive people have more reproductive success (more children) than less attractive (Jokela, 2009)

•These findings suggest a biological basis for attraction

Question 5

Social Factors and Attraction: economic

Answer 5

•Thin individuals are less attractive when food supply is unreliable

•In prosperous times, slender is deemed attractive

Ex:models

Question 6

Social Factors and Attraction: ethinicities

Answer 6

•Norms of attractiveness vary by ethnicity

•For example, Black and Latino men like heavier women than white men (Glasser et al., 2009)

•But still prefer waist to hip ratio of 0.7!

Question 7

Attraction is influenced

Answer 7

With biology and social factors