Family Studies 1015A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Physical Attractiveness, Endangerment

• School: Western University
• Department: Family Studies
• Course: Family Studies 1015A/B
• Professor: Bridget Demachi

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We tend to assume automatically that physically attractive people also have other desirable traits. (agreeable, conscientious, outgoing, kind) There is much more agreement than disagreement from culture to culture and group to group about what faces and features are physically attractive. Most women find the masculine face on the right to be more attractive when they are fertile, but they consider the more feminine face on the left to be more appealing during the rest of the month. ) Waist-hip ratio: 0. 7, hourglass shaped waist-bust ratio: 0. 75 ( female) Long hair women, better smell, tall men, wear red color. Physical attractiveness matters most to equatorial region where there are many pathogens that endanger health. Women wear sexier clothes that show more skin when they are fertile. Men"s look matters more than women do, good-looking ones will have more interaction with more women. Similarity ( liking those who are like us ) We tend to like those who share our.