This was originally going to be used as content for the incelcast but fuck it. That shit might never come out.
All sources are at the end if not stated.
PART 1: LOOKS ARE OBJECTIVE
All scientific evidence supports a universal criterion for attractiveness
"These cross-cultural and infant studies support the notion of the
universality of beauty with some standards set by nature and not our social heritage.
Rather than being the outcome of slow acculturation, beauty preferences seem to be
a result of a basic cognitive process that appears quite early in life [12]."
"In fact, agreement between individuals
is one of the most robust findings in facial attractiveness research since the 1970s,
suggesting that people everywhere are using similar criteria in their judgments [13]."
-Taken from chapter 2 of "Beauty and body dysmorphic disorder" by Neelam A. Vashi.
"While individual and cross-cultural differences exist (see later), this politically correct view of beauty is to some extent false. In fact, agreement between individuals is one of the best-documented and most robust findings in facial attractiveness research since the 1970s. Across many studies it has been found that there is a high degree of agreement from individuals within a particular culture and also high agreement between individuals from different cultures (see [2] for a meta-analytical review). If different people can agree on which faces are attractive and which are not attractive when judging faces of varying ethnic background (e.g. [23]), then this suggests that people everywhere are all using the same, or at least similar, criteria in their judgements."
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3130383/
"Generally, physical attractiveness can be viewed from a number of perspectives; with universal perceptions being common to all human cultures, cultural and social aspects, and individual subjective preferences. The perception of attractiveness can have a significant effect on how people are judged in terms of employment or social opportunities, friendship, sexual behavior, and marriage.[17]"
-Wikipedia article "Physical attractiveness"
Settled? Moving on
PART 2: LOOKS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE FORMATION OF A ROMANTIC PARTNERSHIP
"Simply put, men viewed as unattractive were not viewed as potential suitors, no matter the level of other redeeming qualities that accompanied their photos. Those with favorable personality traits that were ranked highly were at least moderately attractive."
- https://www.studyfinds.org/unattractive-men-dating-material-study/
"In the study, 335 college students watched videos of potential romantic partners of the opposite sex talking about themselves. The participants rated the potential partners’ personality traits and physical attractiveness, then reported the the extent to which they were romantically interested in them.
The participants rated traits such as conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, openness to experience, emotional stability, ambition, faithfulness, sense of humor, independence, intelligence, and physical attractiveness.
The researchers found that women more often than men came to an agreement about the traits of potential partners. However, of all the traits examined, physical attractiveness was the only trait that predicted romantic interest."
-http://www.psypost.org/2017/03/personality-traits-no-influence-initial-romantic-attraction-study-finds-48362
" Only the responders' perception of the targets' physical attractiveness predicted romantic interest; specifically, responders' who rated the targets' physical attractiveness as higher than themselves reported more romantic interest"
-https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/per.2087
" The strongest predictor of attraction for both sexes was partners' physical attractiveness."
-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19558447
"The only important determinant of S's liking for his date was the date's physical attractiveness"
-https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/24cd/a8a1d4da014e9ab91a4e73f2f988209c1bd4.pdf
PART 3: LOOKS ARE NOT DISTRIBUTED EVENLY AKA 80/20 RULE
"As you can see from the gray line, women rate an incredible 80% of guys as worse-looking than medium. "
-https://theblog.okcupid.com/your-looks-and-your-inbox-8715c0f1561e
"As I stated previously the average female “likes” 12% of men on Tinder. This doesn't mean though that most males will get “liked” back by 12% of all the women they “like” on Tinder. This would only be the case if “likes” were equally distributed. In reality, the bottom 80% of men are fighting over the bottom 22% of women and the top 78% of women are fighting over the top 20% of men"
-https://medium.com/@worstonlinedate...ably-better-off-not-wasting-your-2ddf370a6e9a
"
https://contexts.org/blog/who-has-how-many-sexual-partners/
Note: GINI coefficient is a measure of inequality. A 80:20 Distribution is roughly a .6. So the data of attractiveness and body count line up near perfectly
FINAL WORDS
I tried to put down all the evidence I had that wasn't behind a paywall. There's more stuff around but I ACCIDENTALLY FUCKING POSTED THE THREAD EARLY. Will post more later
All sources are at the end if not stated.
PART 1: LOOKS ARE OBJECTIVE
All scientific evidence supports a universal criterion for attractiveness
"These cross-cultural and infant studies support the notion of the
universality of beauty with some standards set by nature and not our social heritage.
Rather than being the outcome of slow acculturation, beauty preferences seem to be
a result of a basic cognitive process that appears quite early in life [12]."
"In fact, agreement between individuals
is one of the most robust findings in facial attractiveness research since the 1970s,
suggesting that people everywhere are using similar criteria in their judgments [13]."
-Taken from chapter 2 of "Beauty and body dysmorphic disorder" by Neelam A. Vashi.
"While individual and cross-cultural differences exist (see later), this politically correct view of beauty is to some extent false. In fact, agreement between individuals is one of the best-documented and most robust findings in facial attractiveness research since the 1970s. Across many studies it has been found that there is a high degree of agreement from individuals within a particular culture and also high agreement between individuals from different cultures (see [2] for a meta-analytical review). If different people can agree on which faces are attractive and which are not attractive when judging faces of varying ethnic background (e.g. [23]), then this suggests that people everywhere are all using the same, or at least similar, criteria in their judgements."
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3130383/
"Generally, physical attractiveness can be viewed from a number of perspectives; with universal perceptions being common to all human cultures, cultural and social aspects, and individual subjective preferences. The perception of attractiveness can have a significant effect on how people are judged in terms of employment or social opportunities, friendship, sexual behavior, and marriage.[17]"
-Wikipedia article "Physical attractiveness"
Settled? Moving on
PART 2: LOOKS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE FORMATION OF A ROMANTIC PARTNERSHIP
"Simply put, men viewed as unattractive were not viewed as potential suitors, no matter the level of other redeeming qualities that accompanied their photos. Those with favorable personality traits that were ranked highly were at least moderately attractive."
- https://www.studyfinds.org/unattractive-men-dating-material-study/
"In the study, 335 college students watched videos of potential romantic partners of the opposite sex talking about themselves. The participants rated the potential partners’ personality traits and physical attractiveness, then reported the the extent to which they were romantically interested in them.
The participants rated traits such as conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, openness to experience, emotional stability, ambition, faithfulness, sense of humor, independence, intelligence, and physical attractiveness.
The researchers found that women more often than men came to an agreement about the traits of potential partners. However, of all the traits examined, physical attractiveness was the only trait that predicted romantic interest."
-http://www.psypost.org/2017/03/personality-traits-no-influence-initial-romantic-attraction-study-finds-48362
" Only the responders' perception of the targets' physical attractiveness predicted romantic interest; specifically, responders' who rated the targets' physical attractiveness as higher than themselves reported more romantic interest"
-https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/per.2087
" The strongest predictor of attraction for both sexes was partners' physical attractiveness."
-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19558447
"The only important determinant of S's liking for his date was the date's physical attractiveness"
-https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/24cd/a8a1d4da014e9ab91a4e73f2f988209c1bd4.pdf
PART 3: LOOKS ARE NOT DISTRIBUTED EVENLY AKA 80/20 RULE
"As you can see from the gray line, women rate an incredible 80% of guys as worse-looking than medium. "
-https://theblog.okcupid.com/your-looks-and-your-inbox-8715c0f1561e
"As I stated previously the average female “likes” 12% of men on Tinder. This doesn't mean though that most males will get “liked” back by 12% of all the women they “like” on Tinder. This would only be the case if “likes” were equally distributed. In reality, the bottom 80% of men are fighting over the bottom 22% of women and the top 78% of women are fighting over the top 20% of men"
-https://medium.com/@worstonlinedate...ably-better-off-not-wasting-your-2ddf370a6e9a
"
https://contexts.org/blog/who-has-how-many-sexual-partners/
Note: GINI coefficient is a measure of inequality. A 80:20 Distribution is roughly a .6. So the data of attractiveness and body count line up near perfectly
FINAL WORDS
I tried to put down all the evidence I had that wasn't behind a paywall. There's more stuff around but I ACCIDENTALLY FUCKING POSTED THE THREAD EARLY. Will post more later
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