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Women see masculine-looking men as more unsuitable long-term partners but men
with more feminine features are seen as more committed and less likely to
stray, researchers said Wednesday.
Scientists at the universities of Durham and St Andrews came to the conclusion
by asking more than 400 British men and women to make judgments on character
after looking at digitally-altered pictures of men's faces.
The web-based test asked participants to rate the face for traits such as
dominance, ambition, wealth, faithfulness, commitment, parenting skills, and
warmth.
Men with square jaws, larger noses and smaller eyes were classed as
significantly more dominant, less faithful, worse parents and as having less
warm personalities.
Those with finer facial features, fuller lips, wide eyes and thinner, more
curved eyebrows on the other hand were viewed as a better bet for long-term
relationships.
And healthier-looking faces, for example those with better complexions, were
seen as more desirable in terms of all personality traits compared to those who
looked unhealthy.
Older faces were also generally viewed more positively compared to younger
ones.
The scientists said there was a "high amount of agreement" between women about
what they see in terms of personality when seeing a man's face and they may
well use their impression to decide whether or not to engage with him.
"That decision-making process all depends on what a woman is looking for in a
relationship at that time of her life," said Lynda Boothroyd, from Durham
Universitys Department of Psychology.
Her colleague, David Perrett from St Andrews, said: "Our results contradict
claims that machismo denotes fitness and disease immunity. Masculinity may buy
you dominance but not necessarily tip top physical condition.
"Instead women see a healthy guy as the source of wealth, and fit for family
life."
The research is published in the latest edition of the journal "Personality and
Individual Differences".