Why Are Masculine Faces Attractive To Women ?
INTRODUCTION
Masculinity is always been associated with attracting the opposite gender some say its the masculine behavior that attracts, some say its the height or body and people give their personal experiences and experiments say this and that but actually studies were done on this subject confirming most of the masculinity that attracts and determine what kind of dating life you would have is related to your facial features , sexually dimorphic masculine features, so we will be looking at what these studies found and what they confirm and I would give my own conclusion at the end of the post.
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STUDY 1 :
So the first study basically talks about how Men's facial masculinity determines female interest for friendship vs. short/long-term dating.
By morphing a man's photo from its most masculine form to its most androgynous, researchers were able to directly gauge how masculinity affected women's sensations of "friendliness", being "enemy-like", and being "sexy".
Sexiness and enemy-like perceptions both increased as masculinity increased, which is in keeping with other research finding women find aggressive, dark triad, or violent traits most sexually arousing. However, at a certain point of extreme masculinity, there was a decrease in the sexiness and only a rise in the enemy-like perception.
On the other end of the spectrum, the less masculine a male face was, the more likely it was to be perceived as a "friend" and less sexy or enemy-like.
Thus one's propensity for being judged by women as a short term partner, long term partner, or "friendzone" partner may depend highly on one's facial masculinity. Both for short-term and long-term mating, women preferred men who were far more masculine than the average man.
This data may suggest that if a man finds himself continually in the "friendzone" with women, it may not be due to anything behavioral, and instead the best explanation might be found in the nearest mirror.
STUDY 2:
This next study discusses how Women prefer men with dominant, aggressive and wide faces (high fWHR).
Facial Width-Height Ratio (fWHR) is a proportionate measure of a man's facial width to his height, measured laterally from the edges of the zygomatic processes and vertically from the mid-brow to the top of the upper lips.
Valentine et al. (2014) performed a study utilizing a speed dating format which consisted of young male and female subjects (N = 159; 78 young men and 81 young women) who weren't compensated in any way for their participation, and thus were participating in the study because they were "(looking for the) chance to find a real-life partner, suggesting the choices were primarily motivated by actual mating interests."
The males in the study were rated by independent raters on the following metrics:
- Dominance (unisex raters)
- How aggressive would this person be if provoked? (unisex raters)
- Facial adiposity or body fat levels (unisex raters)
- Attractiveness (female raters only)
Inter-rater reliability was high for all four dimensions. Thus it was demonstrated that raters could come to a clear consensus on how dominant, aggressive, overweight, and attractive each man appeared.
Analysis of outcomes showed that men's fWHR explained fully 34% of the variance in women's interest in men for short-term relationships. fWHR was a very powerful predictor of being chosen for future dates by the women, even when higher fWHR faces were not deemed more attractive by women. High fWHR men were perceived as more dominant and thus more desirable to women for short-term sexual involvement.
STUDY 3:
And this final study discusses how Teenage boys with 'dominant' facial features have sex earlier.
Halpern & Udry (1994) conducted a 3 year long study of (N = 58) teenage boys to determine the effects of sex hormones (primarily androgens) on sexual behavior. They administered a series of questionnaires conducted in the boys homes regarding their involvement in various sexual activities. The interviewer rated the subject's level of physical attractiveness.
The subject's level of pubertal development (related to the Tanner Scale) was self assessed. Facial dominance was assessed by presenting classrooms of college students with yearbook photos of the subjects in a random order and the photos were rated on a 7 point scale (1-very submissive, 7-very dominant.)
The researchers found facial dominance was strongly related to age of sexual debut and level of involvement, and the effect was even more pronounced than that of physical attractiveness.
CONCLUSION :
So in conclusion it’s not about having that hyper masculine look its about having a certain set of facial features and dominant ratios , this is why soft boys can still be highly desirable because they still have some of these ratios.