Current Events > Scientists have quantified the impact of money on male and female attractivenes

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Well they use the word "resources" but let's face it, that means money and power.

http://www.ehbonline.org/article/S1090-5138(17)30315-X/abstract

Abstract

Parental investment hypotheses regarding mate selection suggest that human males should seek partners featured by youth and high fertility. However, females should be more sensitive to resources that can be invested on themselves and their offspring. Previous studies indicate that economic status is indeed important in male attractiveness. However, no previous study has quantified and compared the impact of equivalent resources on male and female attractiveness. Annual salary is a direct way to evaluate economic status. Here, we combined images of male and female body shape with information on annual salary to elucidate the influence of economic status on the attractiveness ratings by opposite sex raters in American, Chinese and European populations. We found that ratings of attractiveness were around 4 times more sensitive to salary for females rating males, compared to males rating females. These results indicate that higher economic status can offset lower physical attractiveness in men much more easily than in women. Neither raters' BMI nor age influenced this effect for females rating male attractiveness. This difference explains many features of human mating behavior and may pose a barrier for male engagement in low-consumption lifestyles.

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This has always seemed like common sense to me. Money can make up for your shortcomings in other areas.

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Female attractiveness is based on youth and beauty. Male attractiveness is based on money and status.

This should be common knowledge but we act shocked whenever studies tell us this.
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Literally everyone already knew this.
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Esrac posted...

Literally everyone already knew this.

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Esrac posted...

Literally everyone already knew this.

Of course it's common sense, but now it has been scientifically quantified.
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On a different note, when i was coaching kids tennis (kids aged 4-12) I always noticed kids from the posher school were "prettier' than kids from poorer schools, i.e. they had more symmetrical faces, cleaner skin+hair, better clothes obviously, etc.

I always figured it was because rich people attract other attractive people and in turn produce better looking offspring. Kids had better diets too.
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Well I guess there's no hope for me, then
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Research grant money hard at work, folks.
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Just because a bunch of people "I reckon" something doesn't mean it's not worth affirming via research.
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