Comments on: Beauty Isn’t In the Eye of the Beholder http://www.eqsq.com/vivreladifference/2007/01/22/beauty-isnt-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/ Vivre La Difference Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:32:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Tim Worstall http://www.eqsq.com/vivreladifference/2007/01/22/beauty-isnt-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/#comment-3307 Tim Worstall Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:03:39 +0000 http://eqsq.com/vivreLaDifference/beauty-isnt-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder.html#comment-3307 I have a feeling that the intelligence to be gained from this is not that men or women are more or less likely to be influenced by the reactions of others. Rather, that the reaction itself is different, although the incidence of the reaction is similar. So when women see a man being admired by another woman they rate him as more attractive. Yet when a man sees a man being admired by a woman, he rates him as less attractive. All about sexual jealousy and competetiveness, I'm sure. You're certainly right about the research on symmetry: until just a few weeks ago that was the intelligence I had been receiving as well. There has just recently been an upsurge in an argument I don't really understand, that it's more about deviation from averages: I'll post more on it when I've got my head around the new information. I have a feeling that the intelligence to be gained from this is not that men or women are more or less likely to be influenced by the reactions of others. Rather, that the reaction itself is different, although the incidence of the reaction is similar. So when women see a man being admired by another woman they rate him as more attractive. Yet when a man sees a man being admired by a woman, he rates him as less attractive. All about sexual jealousy and competetiveness, I’m sure.
You’re certainly right about the research on symmetry: until just a few weeks ago that was the intelligence I had been receiving as well. There has just recently been an upsurge in an argument I don’t really understand, that it’s more about deviation from averages: I’ll post more on it when I’ve got my head around the new information.

]]> By: Lucy http://www.eqsq.com/vivreladifference/2007/01/22/beauty-isnt-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/#comment-3270 Lucy Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:25:57 +0000 http://eqsq.com/vivreLaDifference/beauty-isnt-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder.html#comment-3270 I'd like to see more research done here, as it seems pretty unlikely that guys would not be as susceptible as women in judging another's looks based on the reactions of others'. Also, it seems as if there would be a difference in the responses between age groups. Younger (traditional college-aged and younger) seem more inclined to wanting a significant other (either long-term or short-term) who will be viewed as "hot" by their friends. And don't you think men here would be more so inclined this way? Anyway, I thought all the research pointed to symmetry being the overall 'best' judge of looks. I’d like to see more research done here, as it seems pretty unlikely that guys would not be as susceptible as women in judging another’s looks based on the reactions of others’. Also, it seems as if there would be a difference in the responses between age groups. Younger (traditional college-aged and younger) seem more inclined to wanting a significant other (either long-term or short-term) who will be viewed as “hot” by their friends. And don’t you think men here would be more so inclined this way?

Anyway, I thought all the research pointed to symmetry being the overall ‘best’ judge of looks.

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