Composite faces with full beards and small jaws received higher attractiveness ratings than bearded faces with large jaws and clean-shaven faces with large and small jaws, reports a study (p<0.001; η2p=0.40 for interaction term) (Dixson et al., 2017)

WhataTreeBark2 · 2019-06-08T23:09:27+00:00

probably because the small jaw bearded face is the only face with good proportions in the study. the other 3 look ridiculous

shitpostercel · 2019-06-08T19:59:04+00:00

Can confirm, beards do wonders. My jaw is somewhere between LTM-STM and when I had full beard foids suddenly started to notice me and compliment me on my looks like wtf? One foid even acted so strange to ask me if I wanted some water, then escorted me to get water. I did not say anything during this interaction, only thought what the hell is it she wants, lol. Bugs me to this day

ayejit · 2019-06-08T19:13:28+00:00

Not sure what to make of this. The difference in means were 5-10 pts on a 100 pt attractiveness scale, so there's that: https://i.imgur.com/3v3sZUw.png

This author -- Barnaby J.W. Dixson -- has a fairly interesting publication history, with ~10 different papers on the sexual and social value of beards, all published within the last 5 years. Amusingly enough, one can only guess why: https://psychology.uq.edu.au/profile/2647/barnaby-dixson

Also, perhaps of some interest, he was interviewed by an obscure podcast a few years ago to discuss the science of beards: http://psychologyofattractivenesspodcast.blogspot.com/2013/05/pap-barnaby-dixson-extended-interview.html

Colin_Copernick · 2019-06-08T21:28:39+00:00

My jaw is ok but my beard grows like that of a 15 year old. only mexican mustache and some chin hair

FatKnob · 2019-06-08T21:46:09+00:00

I wear a fake Hitler tash. Gets the ladies wet...all ze time!

SwansonSamsonite · 2019-06-23T15:41:24+00:00

Possibly it's a signal of high testosterone?

lavita432 · 2019-08-12T06:27:46+00:00

Life fuel

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