BLEEP. BLEEP. Cursory search found nothing. Here goes another lame dozen-post thread. GO!
NY Daily News:
When she's hot and he's not.
I read the actual scientific study on this in a silly college class and found it to be really quite interesting.
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My Experience:
My partners haven't been knock-out movie star gorgeous, but certainly not ugly. I think a lot of it has to do with body composition and symmetry. A physically fit person with balanced features is probably always going to be considered generally more attractive. Personal preference, *cough*a nice personality*cough* and many other factors need to be considered as well before you can make (broad) generalizations as found in the above study.
Me? I'm only average in looks (on a good day) so it would be easy to find a female someone more attractive than myself. I'd say that my partners have been at least as attractive as me, if not slightly more. It's hard to compare attractiveness across gender... boobs act as an automatic +1 in some cases. Women are probably better judges than men anyway.
Also, I gravitate towards nerdy librarian-lookin' girls. The ones I stick with are the active ones with small boobs and big brains.
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Questions:
Despite the findings, do you believe this to be true and how has it played out in your life?
Do you notice this in your relationships or the relationships of your friends?
If you're a woman with a man, is the guy less attractive than you?
If you're a man with a woman, do you consider your partner more attractive?
Also, if you're a James Bond lookin' mofo... who do you marry? Do you marry at all?
Obviously... ugly women are turned into McNuggets. Society is merciless on women.
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Optional:
I'm wondering if this applies to the TFP and figure we could test it with photographs.
You could post couple comparison pictures if that's kosher with your partner.
