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NEWSWIRE

United Kingdom

SEP 06, 2004 03:42 PM

CULTURE: Beauty NOT in the Eye of the Beholder

A UK research team claims babies as young as one-day old know the difference between beautiful and ugly people.

The group took pictures of a variety of female faces and asked adult subjects presented to rate them for attractiveness. Subjects scored each face on a scale from 1 to 5. The researchers then searched for pairs of photographs that were similar in all respects in brightness and contrast, for example but at opposite ends of the attractiveness scale.

They then presented these paired photographs to newborn infants, who ranged in age from one to seven days old.

[...]

Almost all the babies spent more time looking at the more attractive face than the less attractive one.

It would seem that the basics of beauty are hard-wired into our brains from day one. I can see the next wave in Saturday night TV already - babies pairing people up with their dream dates. Ugly people need not apply, of course.

Morgan

SUICIDEGIRL

Illinois, USA

SEP 06, 2004 03:48 PM

My theory: newborns are stupid.

Eli

SUICIDEGIRL

I'm lost

SEP 06, 2004 03:50 PM

beauty is in the eye of the beerholder!

Morgan

SUICIDEGIRL

Illinois, USA

SEP 06, 2004 03:52 PM

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder:

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH

April 2004

SEP 06, 2004 03:53 PM

Shallow-ass babies. What's wrong with them?

SirPsychoSexy

Ridgewood, NJ

January 2004

SEP 06, 2004 03:53 PM

*turns to stone*

Poseidon

United Kingdom

January 2004

SEP 06, 2004 03:54 PM

The words 'bull' and, indeed 'shit' spring to mind. Have you ever looked through Hot or Not? Quite the hefty chunk of the girls that are considered "hot" by the general net users are the kind I wouldn't touch touch with a 10-foot pole, while wearing gloves. It's all down to personal preference, not some fucking stupid pre-defined notion of beauty.

Besides, true beauty lies within.

Poseidon

United Kingdom

January 2004

SEP 06, 2004 03:56 PM

Morgan said:
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder:

Best.

Reply.

Ever.

Clunk

I'm lost

August 2004

SEP 06, 2004 03:58 PM

Hmph... Babies just cry when they see me

Morgan

SUICIDEGIRL

Illinois, USA

SEP 06, 2004 03:58 PM

But on a more serious note, attractiveness is subjective. There may be certain traits that many people will go for, but what I find attractive attractive and what the person next to mind find attractive are probably very different things.

Gwendolyn

SUICIDEGIRL

Indiana, USA

SEP 06, 2004 04:02 PM

I always knew when babies smiled at me that it was because they thought I was totally hott.

JohnClement

Silver Spring, MD

January 2004

SEP 06, 2004 04:12 PM

fucking babies....accurately judging I'm ugly. Change your own goddamn diapers, you're so smart.

CrackRockSteady7

Williamsburg, VA

May 2004

SEP 06, 2004 04:21 PM

my theorie is who gives afuck what a baby thinks

cruelty

Chicago, IL

June 2004

SEP 06, 2004 04:23 PM

Morgan said:
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder:

You rock my world...

Siv

SUICIDEGIRL

District Of Columbia, USA

SEP 06, 2004 04:24 PM

No wonder i hate babies.

Siv

SUICIDEGIRL

District Of Columbia, USA

SEP 06, 2004 04:24 PM

p.s. ugly fat baby me had no leg to stand on where judging was concerned.

Flick

SUICIDEGIRL

Ontario, Canada

SEP 06, 2004 04:31 PM

Awwwwwwwwwww !

CrackRockSteady7

Williamsburg, VA

May 2004

SEP 06, 2004 04:41 PM

Siv said:
p.s. ugly fat baby me had no leg to stand on where judging was concerned.

i eat babies

JohnClement

Silver Spring, MD

January 2004

SEP 06, 2004 04:47 PM

Siv said:
p.s. ugly fat baby me had no leg to stand on where judging was concerned.

Looks like a judgmental baby to me. Bet she only let the cutest babies play legos with her

Natsuko

Duluth, MN

January 2004

SEP 06, 2004 04:59 PM

I was so cute as a baby, I don't know what happened...

Dollbabyamy

Lebanon, TN

March 2004

SEP 06, 2004 05:03 PM

I read about a study similar to this in a psychology class. It's not really that the babies are drawn to more attractive faces, it seemed like they were drawn to more symmetrical faces. The two faces they used as definitions for symmetrical were (I believe) Denzel Washington and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos. They got the most positive reaction from the babies. I think Bill Clinton and Kate Moss got the least positive (and Kate Moss is a supermodel). The babies also showed the most affection and pleasure towards pictures of their mothers and fathers.
It's still subjective. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

MetaTag

United Kingdom

September 2002

SEP 06, 2004 05:09 PM

It's interesting that women find other women less attractive when they are at their most fertile stage of the menstral cycle.

The hypothesis used to explain the result is that women may devalue other women as a strategy to win the best mate. So be sure to ask the famous question "mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all" at the right time of the month.

Toku666

Columbus, OH

May 2004

SEP 06, 2004 05:23 PM

Learning new things about social biology always amazes and terrifies me.

It's neat to learn new facts, but un-neat to know there are additional reasons to why you're getting rejected floating around out there.

Aaron

Shakopee, MN

July 2004

SEP 06, 2004 05:24 PM

certain features, are subjective.. but the underlying thing that defines beauty is symmetry, whether or not a baby knows beauty when they see it is bullshit, but symmetry is the basis and everything else; ie. big nose, little nose, brown hair, blue eyes...all subjective.

STURANIUM_235

San Francisco, CA

April 2004

SEP 06, 2004 05:29 PM

Siv said:
p.s. ugly fat baby me had no leg to stand on where judging was concerned.

you're not trying to say that is you are you? that kid looks nothing like you.

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