Guardian International5/27/2026Science4 min read
Women’s Faces Rated More Attractive Than Men’s, Gap Declines with Age
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A global study finds women's faces are perceived as more attractive than men's across cultures, with the gap diminishing by age 80, potentially due to facial structure preferences and evolutionary factors.
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Women’s faces are rated as more attractive than men’s, even by other women, but the perceived gap declines with age and all but vanishes by the time people reach their 80s, researchers have said. [...] Male and female faces become more and more similar with age, the structural differences shrink, and this might be the reason the gap is melting.” [...] Details are published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
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