Men more attractive if they have scars

Men more attractive if they have scars

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LIVERPOOL, England (UPI) -- Men with scars on their face are more attractive to women seeking short-term relationships, researchers in Britain said.

Dr. Rob Burriss, from the University of Liverpool's School of Biological Sciences, says that it was previously assumed that in Western cultures scarring was an unattractive facial feature but in non-Western cultures they were perceived as a sign of maturity and strength.

The researchers found that women preferred men with facial scars for short-term relationships but they equally preferred scarred and unscarred faces for long-term relationships. Men regard women with and without facial scars as equally attractive for both types of relationship.

"Male and female participants were shown images of faces that displayed scarring from injury or illness, and were asked to rate how attractive they found the person for long-term and short-term relationships," Burriss said in a statement.

"Women may have rated scarring as an attractive quality for short-term relationships because they found it be a symbol of masculinity, a feature that is linked to high testosterone levels and an indicator of good genetic qualities that can be passed on to offspring. Men without scars, however, could be seen as more caring and therefore more suitable for long-term relationships."

The findings are published in the journal of Personality and Individual Differences.




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