Beer goggles last longer for women

[bijou]

Researchers found that women who drink even moderately develop a reduced ability to rate attractiveness in male faces, even when they are sober.

Those who drank were less able to detect male facial symmetry, a marker of attractiveness and good genes which is thought to play an important role in the choice of a partner.

In the research, young women classed as typical, non-alcoholic drinkers - who have up to 40 drinks a month - were put through a number of tests, including an exercise on facial symmetry.

In this test, the 45 women were presented with 60 pairs of male faces. One in each pair was more symmetrical than they others and the women had to identify it in each of the pairs.

Results show that the more alcohol the women had drunk during the previous six months, the lower her performance on the symmetry test.

Even women who had the equivalent of five drinks a month scored less in the test than those who had no drinks. Each additional drink led to a reduced score.

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It's bad news for us women.

[Chris]

that's great news for me.  I just hope my date doesn't end up on a rooftop in Florida.

[thundley4]

Oh I knew this.  It's how I've held on to my wife for since we met in '86. 

[Lord Undies]

Perfect male facial symmetry can sometimes be scary:



Sometimes no symmetry at all can be scary:



Ugly is in the eyes of the honest. 

[asdf2231]

Perfect male facial symmetry can sometimes be scary:



Sometimes no symmetry at all can be scary:



Ugly is in the eyes of the honest.