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https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/26/6/1470/204957

"Previous studies suggest that humans can assess strength and fighting ability based on facial appearance. Here we extend these findings to specific contests by examining the perception of male faces from paired winners and losers of individual fights in mixed martial arts sporting competitions."

"We found that individuals performed at rates above chance in correctly selecting the winner as more likely to win the fight than the loser. We also found that winners were seen to be more masculine, stronger, and more aggressive than losers. Finally, women saw the winners as more attractive than the losers. Together these findings demonstrate that 1) humans can predict the outcome of specific fighting contests based on facial cues, 2) perceived masculinity and strength are putative cues to fighting success available from faces, and 3) facial cues associated with successful male–male competition are attractive to women."


[–]bcbudinto12 points13 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

Interesting. Gave ita quick read but didn't see anything regarding what they meant by "facial cues" as "scarred eyebrows, cauliflower ear and multiple time broken nose" or if the assessment was more of general high masculinity traits like strong jawline etc.

[–]theworstworld9 points10 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

So women see a masculine person as more aggressive, and an aggressive person as more masculine. Hmm... I wonder why "toxic masculinity" exists. /s

[–]UltimateCurryCel4 points5 points  (1 child) | Copy Link

women saw the winners as more attractive than the losers

before or after winning?

[–]SwansonSamsonite[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

Before. But I'd argue that they would find them a whole new level of attractive if they'd witness them winning a fight.

[–]MMDT2 points3 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

So the people who look more masculine do in fact win more ??

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