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Basically they took composite pictures of average Black, white and Asian males, morphed them to 3 different levels of masculinity and let females rate them on masculinity, attractiveness, dateability, suitability for long and short term relationships, etc.
There's lots of interesting findings here, but tldr as expected white > black > Asian. Medium masculinity white and black faces were rated most attractive while high masculinity Asian faces were rated the most attractive.
However, the most important finding:
With the mixed findings on facial masculinity preference and the strong culmination of evolutionary work on females favoring resources, it is quite puzzling that the Asian male who is highly resourceful and not overtly masculine is often neglected. All indications suggest that masculinity is still important in judgments related to romantic interactions and that masculinity has to be at an optimal level. It is plausible that attractiveness and preference rely on a continuum of masculinity. I posit that the continuum contains a lower and higher threshold. Beyond these thresholds, males become undesirable. When a male exceeds the higher masculine threshold, possessing an excessive amount of masculinity, a female may reason that this particular male possesses the negative personality characteristics that are associated with having an overabundance of physical masculinity. If a male is below the lower threshold, the female may believe that the male is lacking in genetic fitness. I presume that the average Asian male is closer to the lower threshold and the average Black male is closer to the higher threshold. Additionally, I believe the average White male to be in the middle of this masculinity continuum. Finally, it is likely that masculinity has to be at an optimal amount for a male to be perceived as attractive.
There's a minimum threshold of masculinity to be considered a "man" in the first place, and the majority of Asian males are below this threshold. On the other side high T white and black males may exceed the maximum masculinity threshold which also renders them unattractive (though still more dateable than low T cels).
This is why both cutecels and ogrecels are a thing, and in order to looksmaxx it is highly advisable to recognize where you stand on this masculinity scale and improve towards the goldilocks zone of optimal masculinity (occupied by medium masculine white males). Feminine ricecels are better off improving their masculinity and thugmaxxing whereas masculine blackcels should Eboymaxx and become more feminine.
Also the final blackpill for betabuxxers jfl:
It is also very intriguing that the least desired male according to many previous works
(Feliciano et al., 2009; Fisman et al., 2008; Hitsch et al., 2006; Hitsch et al., 2010;
Robnett & Feliciano, 2011) was perceived as the most resourceful and best suited in
rearing a family in the current study. This dichotomy can only further necessitate that
masculinity level is indeed important in romantic relationship initiation and judgments
that many have overlooked.
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