Are you looking for one-night-stand or love? It’s written all over your face

Apr.10, 2008 in Around the Word

Guys, are you born with squarer jaw, smaller eyes, larger nose, and masculine-looking? If you are, then very high chance that your 1st impression to ladies is someone who looks for one-night-stand, rather than love. Why? Research said so……

Taken from AFP:

Looks may ‘reveal attitude to sex’

People’s attitude towards sex may be given away by the look on their face, according to new research.

The study into attractiveness and how we find a mate has confirmed that young heterosexual men and women are looking for complete opposites when it comes to relationships.

The Durham University-led survey of 700 heterosexuals in their early 20s found men generally prefer women whom they perceive to be open to short-term sexual relationships, but women are usually interested in men who seem to have the potential to be a long-term partner.

It also found men picked out women who appear open to sex as more attractive, while men looking for a one-night stand were deemed to be more masculine-looking with squarer jaw, smaller eyes and larger nose.

Scientists behind the study said people use their first impressions to quickly make an informed decision about their partner selection and what kind of relationship they want.

The study, funded by the Medical Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council, involved teams from Durham, St Andrews and Aberdeen Universities.

Participants were asked to judge the attractiveness and attitudes to sex of the opposite sex from a photo of their face.

This was compared to the real-life behaviour and attitude of the people in the photos - revealed in a detailed questionnaire.

The experiments found that the men and women taking part could generally judge who would be more interested in a short-term fling just by looking at their expression and features.

Dr Ben Jones, from the University of Aberdeen’s Face Research Lab, said: “Lots of previous studies have shown that people can judge a lot about a person from their face, including things like health and even some personality traits like introversion, but this really is the first study to show that people are also sensitive to subtle facial signals about the type of romantic relationships that others might enjoy.”