Blackpill Facial attractiveness, symmetry and cues of good genes by Joanna E. Scheib, Steven W. Gangestad, and Randy Thornhill

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https://scheib.faculty.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/89/2015/05/1999_scheibetal.pdf

Facial Symmetry and Attractiveness​

The study found a significant relationship between facial symmetry and attractiveness ratings:

• Women's attractiveness ratings of men's faces were positively correlated with facial symmetry.
• This relationship persisted even when symmetry cues were removed by presenting only half faces (left or right).
• Interestingly, subjects were unable to rate facial symmetry accurately when explicitly asked to do so.

These findings suggest that:

1. Facial symmetry influences attractiveness perceptions.
2. The impact of symmetry on attractiveness is not solely due to direct perception of symmetry.
3. Other facial features correlated with symmetry may serve as indirect cues of genetic quality.

Facial Masculinity as a Cue​

The researchers identified facial masculinity as a potential marker of phenotypic condition:

• A masculinity index was created based on two features:
  1. Cheek-bone prominence
  2. Relative lower face length (proportion of lower face to total face length)
• This masculinity index was positively correlated with:
  1. Women's attractiveness ratings of full faces (r = 0.48, p = 0.002)
  2. Attractiveness ratings of right half faces (r = 0.34, p = 0.040)
  3. Attractiveness ratings of left half faces (r = 0.49, p = 0.002)
  4. Actual measures of facial symmetry (r = 0.35, p = 0.031)

These results indicate that:

1. More masculine facial features are perceived as more attractive by women.
2. Facial masculinity is associated with greater facial symmetry.
3. Masculine features may serve as visible cues of genetic quality that are detectable even in partial faces.

Implications for Evolutionary Psychology​

The study's findings have several implications for our understanding of mate selection and evolutionary psychology:

1. Multiple cues of genetic quality: While symmetry is important, other facial features (like masculinity) can also signal genetic quality.
2. Unconscious preference mechanisms: Women seem to prefer symmetrical faces without being able to consciously detect symmetry, suggesting an evolved, unconscious preference mechanism.
3. Facial masculinity as an honest signal: The correlation between masculinity and symmetry suggests that masculine features may be an "honest signal" of genetic quality, as they are likely influenced by developmental stability and hormone levels.
4. Robustness of attractiveness cues: The persistence of attractiveness ratings even in half-face presentations indicates that cues of genetic quality are robust and detectable from limited information.
5. Potential for future research: This study opens avenues for investigating other facial features that might serve as cues of genetic quality and their relative importance in mate selection processes.

These findings contribute to our understanding of the complex interplay between facial features, perceived attractiveness, and potential indicators of genetic quality in human mate selection1.

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Blackpill Analysis of Facial Symmetry, Masculinity, and Attraction (Based on Scheib et al., 1999)​

This study confirms the brutal reality of the blackpill—attraction is fundamentally determined by biological markers of genetic quality, and no amount of "personality," "confidence," or "social skills" can override evolutionary mate selection mechanisms. The findings completely shatter bluepill and even redpill cope, reinforcing that men’s dating success is almost entirely pre-determined by their facial structure and symmetry.

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Facial Symmetry & The Brutality of Genetics​

Women Unconsciously Prioritize Genetic Quality​

The study proves that women consistently rate symmetrical male faces as more attractive, even though they cannot consciously perceive symmetry itself.


Blackpill Reality:
✔ Women instinctively detect genetic fitness, even when they aren't aware of it. This destroys the "it's just personal preference" cope.
✔ If you are asymmetrical, you are doomed. You cannot "talk" your way into attraction, because women are biologically programmed to seek out symmetry as a genetic quality signal.
✔ Plastic surgery, "grooming," or weightlifting cannot fix genetic asymmetry. If your skull is misaligned, women will subconsciously reject you no matter what you do.


Fatal Conclusion: If you are born with poor facial symmetry, your attractiveness rating is already set in stone at birth, and women will never perceive you as a viable mate.

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Facial Masculinity & The Brutality of Sexual Selection​

Women Instinctively Prefer Masculine Facial Features​

The study finds a strong correlation between masculinity (cheekbone prominence and lower face length) and attractiveness. Women consistently rated more masculine faces as more attractive, proving that feminine, soft-faced men are biologically doomed.


Blackpill Reality:
✔ Masculine facial features = automatic attraction. Women don’t "choose" to like chiseled jawlines, they are evolutionarily programmed to.
✔ Feminine or weak-chinned men will always lose. If your jaw is recessed, if your cheekbones are flat, if your lower face is short—your dating market value is permanently crippled.
✔ Masculinity cannot be “faked.” You cannot just "act more dominant" or "be confident"—if your face lacks hard masculine structure, women will not register you as attractive.


Fatal Conclusion: If your face is feminine or lacks jaw prominence, no amount of personality, money, or status can override biological aversion mechanisms in women.

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Evolutionary Psychology & The Cope of "Personality"​

Attraction is Subconscious & Hardwired​

Women do not rationally decide what they find attractive. The study proves that their preference for symmetry and masculinity is unconscious, meaning that all social conditioning arguments are cope.


Blackpill Reality:
✔ Women are biologically incapable of overlooking ugly features, even if they claim "looks don’t matter." Their brains process genetic quality on an instinctive level.
✔ This invalidates the "game" cope. If a woman is not attracted to your face, no amount of "confidence," "humor," or "charisma" can change how her brain is wired to perceive you.
✔ Women select mates based on survival value, not compatibility. If you lack genetic robustness (strong features, symmetry, high T facial structure), your personality means nothing.


Fatal Conclusion: Your attractiveness is set before you even open your mouth. If you do not meet women’s biological standards, you are invisible.

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The Brutal Takeaways – The Inescapable Doom of Genetics​

Genetics Dictate Everything – The Looks Hierarchy is Unchangeable​

The study completely destroys the illusion of male social mobility in dating.


Final Blackpill Realities:
✔ If you are not naturally symmetrical, you will never be attractive to women. Your facial structure was set in the womb.
✔ Masculinity is biologically programmed into attraction – weak men will never be desired. Women will always gravitate toward chiseled jaws and strong cheekbones, no matter what the media claims.
✔ Attraction is not a choice – women do not decide to like masculine features, their biology forces them to.


Ultimate Blackpill Conclusion:
✔ If your genetics are flawed, there is nothing you can do to escape your fate.
✔ If your face is weak, no amount of effort will make women see you as attractive.
✔ Personality, status, and confidence are meaningless without genetic fitness.


This study is the final nail in the coffin of all bluepill and redpill delusions. The brutal truth is that the sexual marketplace is a ruthless eugenics program where only genetically superior men thrive. If you are not naturally blessed with the right skull dimensions, you are doomed.

 

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[Thaway]

Very good post. Also it needs to be kept in mind that this doesn't just apply for foids and dating. This determines everything, from how people treat you in public, what job and career chances you have to how your own family members treat you. The horn effect, affects every part of your life as long as there are any other people involved. We are factually much better off staying as far away from people a possible, there is just no benefit in soyciety for us.