but it's cultural to a large extent, no? don't most people in Africa like Black people, even when the craziness about blondes is taken into account? I've read about literature that says that people are more likely to marry those who look like their close relatives (and other people they are familiar with).
(BTW, that type of study suggests that "racial" differences arise (partly?) from "sexual selection" rather than the usual Darwinian adaptationism.) JD On 5/3/05, Doug Henwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Devine wrote: > >who decides who's "ugly" and who's not? Ugliness is in the eye of the > >beholder, isn't it? > > Did you ever read Hamermesh's stuff on beauty & the labor market? > There was surprising agreement among a panel of raters on who was > attractive and who wasn't. Apparently there's less variation among > beholders than we'd like to think. > Doug -- Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine
