Women's preferences for masculinity in male faces are highest during reproductive age range and lower around puberty and post-menopause

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Women's preferences for masculinity in male faces are highest during reproductive age range and lower around puberty and post-menopause - PubMed

Masculinity in male faces is thought to be a sign of mate quality and is associated with measures of long-term health. Previous studies have demonstrated that women's masculinity preferences change across the menstrual cycle with women preferring more masculine men during phases of the menstrual...

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Women's preferences for masculinity in male faces are highest during reproductive age range and lower around puberty and post-menopause

 

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explains why only tiktok girls(age 13) like these kpop fag ends

 

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Makes sense. When women are most fertile they are going to want a guy with good genes (hence more dimorphic features) while when they are not in that stage they might be inclined to go for aesthetics more, hence the pretty boy obsession.

 

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H2O

 

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implying puberty isn't within reproductive age range?
Or is puberty literally just considered the time between first public hair and breast growth until first period?

 

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Makes sense. When women are most fertile they are going to want a guy with good genes (hence more dimorphic features) while when they are not in that stage they might be inclined to go for aesthetics more, hence the pretty boy obsession.

Most of the pretty boys we talk about have good levels of dimorphism and bone structure anyways. It isn't really a case of aesthetics vs dimorphism. If a woman has the hots for a masculine man they are thinking this:



When they think they have a preference for prettier men they think something like this, notice how both have incredible bone structure

A lot of it comes down to if they are bisexual or on the pill too I reckon.

Both are just as aesthetic to women but taste is different.