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Women living in countries with poorer health are more attracted to masculine looking men, according to a new University of Aberdeen led study.
A study carried out at the university of St. Andrews, Scotland, found that women who were judged to be attractive tended to have higher levels of oestrogen in their urine than women who were not judged to be attractive. Such features as large eyes and full lips do seem to be linked to higher levels of the female hormone and higher fertility.
Marian Smith and her team took photos of 56 female students. They were all aged 18-24. The team took urine samples from the 56 students at exactly the same point of their menstrual cycles.
29 people (14 males and 15 females) were then asked to rate the pictures for attractiveness and health. They found a direct link between high levels of oestrogen and higher judged levels of attractiveness.
The higher a woman’s levels of oestrogen the less the bones on her face grow (as well as her chin and nose). The more oestrogen a woman has the fuller her lips are, the more fat she has on her cheeks, hips and buttocks.