November 22, 2018

Full beards on men highly rated by women

Yahoo - Male subjects were photographed clean shaven, five days after shaving, 10 days and then after a whole four weeks without shaving. Some 8,500 women were asked to rate the men on their attractiveness as a long-term romantic partner.  Heavy stubble (10 days) was found most attractive, while full beards grown over four weeks came second. Light stubble was considered third-best, while cleanly shaven men were ranked least attractive.

The research paper, published in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology, reads: “Beards consistently render men with an older, more masculine, socially dominant and aggressive appearance."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I bet their methodology was eye-wateringly awful.