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"94% Of women think they are hotter than avarage"
study: Better than average" (BTA) effect is a tendency of people to evaluate themselves more positively than they evaluate others. The goal of this study was to examine if women and men show differences in BTA effect when self-assessing their own physical attractiveness (PA), compared to other hypothetical people as a standard. A sample of 444 participants (52.5% women), of the mean age of 26.85 years, rated their own PA on a 10-point scale using a hypothetical average person of the same gender and age as a reference point. Compared to a theoretical mean of 5.5, both genders rated themselves significantly higher than the average. Thus, both women and men exhibit BTA when self-assessing their own PA. In other words, they (arguably) overrate it, but the effect is stronger for women. A random woman, compared to a random man, is 63% more likely to rate her looks higher and will consider herself as being more attractive compared to a (hypothetical) average woman in 94% of cases (compared to a probability of 78% for men). This gender difference in BTA effect can only partially be explained by higher levels of satisfaction with life, physical activity, Extraversion, and Openness to Experience.
study: Better than average" (BTA) effect is a tendency of people to evaluate themselves more positively than they evaluate others. The goal of this study was to examine if women and men show differences in BTA effect when self-assessing their own physical attractiveness (PA), compared to other hypothetical people as a standard. A sample of 444 participants (52.5% women), of the mean age of 26.85 years, rated their own PA on a 10-point scale using a hypothetical average person of the same gender and age as a reference point. Compared to a theoretical mean of 5.5, both genders rated themselves significantly higher than the average. Thus, both women and men exhibit BTA when self-assessing their own PA. In other words, they (arguably) overrate it, but the effect is stronger for women. A random woman, compared to a random man, is 63% more likely to rate her looks higher and will consider herself as being more attractive compared to a (hypothetical) average woman in 94% of cases (compared to a probability of 78% for men). This gender difference in BTA effect can only partially be explained by higher levels of satisfaction with life, physical activity, Extraversion, and Openness to Experience.
