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The Preferences Lab

At Franklin & Marshall College

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What is attractive

The internet really has changed everything- maybe even what we find sexy

Understanding preferences

Want to find more people attractive? Cancel your internet

Masculinity, femeninity, age, height, dominance

So this is the age men are at their most attractive…

Science behind who we love

Opposites don’t attract (in fact, we tend to fancy people who look very familiar)

Expert on what we find attractive

Military training changes who we find attractive

Facial preferences

Five ways to look bigger than you

really are

Attraction expert

Rules of attraction: 10 biggest love myths exploded

Health, maternal, paternal, nurturing

Why stressed men prefer

larger women

Health, maternal, paternal, nurturing

Tough guys prefer their ladies on the larger side

Masculinity, femeninity, age, height, dominance

Women who see men as a risk to their kids prefer feminine male partners

Masculinity, femeninity, age, height, dominance

Girls who mature early ‘go for masculine men’

Health, maternal, paternal, nurturing

Tall men in mid-thirties perceived to be most dominant

Masculinity, femeninity, age, height, dominance

Stressed men prefer heavier women

Beauty ideals are shaped by the internet

Masculinity, femeninity, age, height, dominance

People attracted to familiar faces, says new Scottish study

Masculinity, femeninity, age, height, dominance

Men prefer bigger women when

they’re stressed

Why we find things attractive

The MENstrual cycle: It’s revealed women who start their periods early are more likely to be attracted to macho guys

Science behind who we love

Does your view of violence affect who you DATE? Men with feminine faces are preferred by women who see males as a threat

Could wearing makeup in your early 30s be pointless?

What Does Makeup Say About You?

Women’s sexual fluidity is reflected in preferences for male facial masculinity, study finds

Both males and females perceive women wearing makeup as more open to casual sex — and they’re wrong

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New study finds people are ‘blinded by beauty’

Beauty goggles makes attractive people seem ‘intelligent and trustworthy’, study finds

The internet is changing what we find attractive

People with Internet access find skinnier women, more muscular men attractive

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Study Says Men In Makeup Are Considered More Attractive. Embrace Your Beauty, Boys!

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Scientific study shows men are considered more attractive when wearing makeup

Men In Makeup? Yes Please, Says New Research

New research on how makeup applied only to facial features increases perceived skin evenness

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