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Skin color contrast has been identified as a feminine beauty standard observed across multiple cultures. [7] Women tend to have darker eyes and lips than men, especially relative to the rest of their facial features, and this attribute has been associated with female attractiveness and femininity, [7] yet it also decreases male attractiveness according to one study. [8]
The gender differences in the ratio between the index and ring fingers are said to be influenced by exposure to testosterone within the womb. [112] In a study where participants were shown computer-based images of hands, male participants found feminine hands with a smaller index finger less attractive
Harry Wann paints a "pin-up" girl on a PT boat, Australia, 1944. Other pin-ups were artwork that depicted idealized versions of beautiful or attractive women. An early example of the latter type was the Gibson Girl, a representation of the New Woman drawn by Charles Dana Gibson. "Because the New Woman was symbolic of her new ideas about her sex ...
The differences across cultures can be significantly associated to the need to be socially accepted. [23] Kawaii is a concept in Japanese popular culture that describes cuteness and innocence. Kawaii aesthetics are commonly found in anime and manga , and elements of it also appear in contemporary Japanese street fashion .
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When the differences between the first face and the second face were slightly exaggerated the new "exaggerated" (or "caricaturized") face was judged, on average, to be more attractive still. Although the three faces look very similar, the so-called "exaggerated face" looks younger: a slimmer (less wide) face, and larger eyes, than the average face.
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The physical attractiveness stereotype was first formally observed in a study done by Karen Dion, Ellen Berscheid, and Elaine Walster in 1972. [1] The goal of this study was to determine whether physical attractiveness affected how individuals were perceived, specifically whether they were perceived to have more socially desirable personality traits and quality of life.