Don’t judge a book by its cover, they say—which also applies to our attitude toward dating. But now research tells us you can actually tell, just by looking a person’s face, if he’s a keeper or not.
Research led by Durham University to understand mate attractiveness better found that you can tell if a man is interested in either a short-term or long-term relationship by the shape of his face.
ScienceDaily reports that the research team from Durham, St. Andrews, and Aberdeen Universities asked 700 heterosexual participants to tell if a person is long-term relationship material or is promiscuous and into one-night stands by judging photos of members of the opposite sex. These judgments were later compared to actual sexual behavior of individuals in the photographs, determined through a detailed questionnaire.
The research, published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior, found that male and female participants could generally tell who would be more interested in short-term sexual relationships. It also showed that “men who were most open to casual sex were generally perceived as being more masculine-looking, with facial features including squarer jaws, larger nose and smaller eyes.” Meanwhile, women perceived to be more attractive were found to be more open to short-term sexual relationships.
The study also found that what men and women look for in relationships are actually complete opposites: “Men generally prefer women who they perceive are open to short-term sexual relationships whilst women are usually interested in men who appear to have potential to be long-term relationship material.”
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