Are More Masculine Faces Really More ATTRACTIVE?

Get your own face rating: https://faceratinglab.com What makes a man's face look masculine, and is more masculine really more attractive? We go through the five features that make a face read as male (facial hair, the brow ridge, the nose, the lips and the jaw), the research on how much masculinity people prefer, and one of the strangest clues of all, which isn't on your face. Chapters 0:00 Which face is more attractive? 0:36 What makes a face masculine 1:42 More isn't always better 3:12 It starts before birth 4:20 1. Facial hair 6:01 2. The brow ridge 7:25 3. The nose 8:18 4. Lips and fingers 9:23 5. The jaw 9:48 The verdict Instagram:   / faceratinglab   TikTok:   / facescanner2   Photo credits (Wikimedia Commons; cropped, backgrounds removed or framed, analysis overlays added): Harry Styles, 2014: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0 Tom Hardy, 2018: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0 (San Diego Comic-Con) Zac Efron, 2017: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY 2.0 Conor McGregor, 2015: Andrius Petrucenia, CC BY-SA 2.0 Mike Tyson, 2019: Glenn Francis, CC BY-SA 4.0 Licences: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... , https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... , https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Research mentioned: Perrett et al. 1998, Effects of sexual dimorphism on facial attractiveness (Nature) Whitehouse et al. 2015, Prenatal testosterone exposure is related to sexually dimorphic facial morphology in adulthood (Proceedings of the Royal Society B) Gilani et al. 2014, Geometric facial gender scoring: objectivity of perception (PLoS ONE), and the same group's 2014 gender classification paper (ICPR) Dixson & Brooks 2013, The role of facial hair in women's perceptions of men's attractiveness, health, masculinity and parenting abilities (Evolution and Human Behavior) Troncoso Pazos et al. 2008, sexual dimorphism of the nose in Chilean adults (International Journal of Morphology) Weinberg et al. 2015, prenatal sex hormones, digit ratio and face shape in adult males (Orthodontics & Craniofacial Research) Marcinkowska et al. 2019, Women's preferences for men's facial masculinity are strongest under favorable ecological conditions (Scientific Reports) The example faces and the example hand are illustrations, not the people or hands from the studies. Measurements are for entertainment and education, not medical advice.