How Women Pick Mates vs. Flings

United States
January 4, 2007 7:57pm CST
A study that came out today says that women judge mates by how masculine their features are. It says that, "Men with square jaws and well-defined brow ridges are seen as good short-term partners, while those with more feminine traits such as a rounder face and fuller lips are perceived as better long-term mate." I'm curious if this has any truth to it. Ladies do you disagree or agree with this and why?
1 response
• United States
5 Jan 07
I asked this on another forum before, and I thought I was going to get reamed six ways to China for it, but amazingly, the vast majority of women who replied, agreed with me, those who were in relationships stating that their man has soft, sweet facial features and that they love it in their man. Let me explain the reason for this judgment on the part of the women. It is a subconscious reaction, not a conscious one, because generally, men with strong jawlines, longer chins, prominent cheekbones, and well defined brow ridges, are typically known to be men who are higher in testosterone. The primal reaction is that this is the guy who you want to father your children, because he is the guy who will pass on the better genes, the more dominant, strong, alpha DNA. They are also seen as the most likely to go out and spread their seed, therefore the less reliable as far as being a father who is there with the kids. The man with softer features tends to have less testosterone, and these men are seen as having the inferior genes, but that they are better fathers, because they are more likely to be more reliable and available, and less likely to run off (in reality, because they have less "primal desire" directed toward them by women). My facial features are about 2/3 dominant, 1/3 softer, and while some women do want me relationshipwise, most women who want me want it in the "do me" primal sort of way, but when I weighed more, the percentages were skewed toward the "relationship" way, and my face was rounder back then. It's an interesting dynamic. People also tend to want someone with the opposite facial shape as them, or with the opposite end of the testosterone count for their gender. My friend, a female, with a very very strong jaw, was in love with a guy who was very much on the feminine side, though not to the point of being gay, and I've seen that happen before that, too. Likewise, women who were the most feminine looking, especially facewise, tend to want the big, dominant protector kind of guys from what I have seen and experienced.
• United States
5 Jan 07
Interesting points thank you.