Ah, romance: Boy meets girl. Boy likes girl. Girl likes boy
too … until her friends say he’s ugly. According to a new study from the
University of Aberdeen, people use
other people’s opinions to gauge who they find attractive. A woman is more attracted to a guy other women want; a man, more attracted to a gal other guys are chasing. (So Prince Charming, your Hot-or-Not stock skyrocketed with all the town attention, you lucky duck.) Sounds a bit like the chicken and the egg to me—
Is he a hot-throb because girls chase him, or do they chase him because he’s a hot-throb?—but it’s certainly interesting. The funniest (and most predictable) part of the study? When males judge other males, they find them
less attractive if other women find him cute; whereas women find a woman pretty, even if guys agree. (Translation: Boys get jealous too. We knew it.) So, a depressing study? Yes. There goes the warm, fuzzy “beauty’s in the eye of the beholder” mantra. But all the same: next time I try on a new outfit—“Hey, do I look pretty in this?”—I’ll definitely be surveying the room.
Ah, romance: Boy meets girl. Boy likes girl. Girl likes boy too … until her friends say he’s ugly. According to a new study from the University of Aberdeen, people use other people’s opinions to gauge who they find attractive. A woman is more attracted to a guy other women want; a man, more attracted to a gal other guys are chasing. (So Prince Charming, your Hot-or-Not stock skyrocketed with all the town attention, you lucky duck.) Sounds a bit like the chicken and the egg to me—Is he a hot-throb because girls chase him, or do they chase him because he’s a hot-throb?—but it’s certainly interesting. The funniest (and most predictable) part of the study? When males judge other males, they find them less attractive if other women find him cute; whereas women find a woman pretty, even if guys agree. (Translation: Boys get jealous too. We knew it.) So, a depressing study? Yes. There goes the warm, fuzzy “beauty’s in the eye of the beholder” mantra. But all the same: next time I try on a new outfit—“Hey, do I look pretty in this?”—I’ll definitely be surveying the room.
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