On Jul 31, 2006, at 5:16 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/
2006/08/01/nbeauty31.xml&sSheet=
/connected/2006/08/01/ixconn.html
Peggy is one of seven daughters, most more than average-looking. I've
seen pictures of her parents. While they were not what you'd call
/ugly/, would never have been mistaken for "Beautiful People". The
study concentrated on first children: I never met Peggy's oldest sister,
who died many years before we met, but pictures suggest that she was not
the most attractive one of the bunch.
Researchers have established that very attractive people are 36 per
cent
more likely to have daughters than sons and that the world's
females are
becoming better-looking than men as a result.
Peggy would definitely agree with this -- she is constantly amazed at
the pairings that she sees of comely females with average-or-worse guys.
So while the children of aggressive, scientific parents tend to be
boys,
who can outwit their competitors when it comes to finding a mate, the
children of beautiful, empathic parents tend to be girls, who can take
their pick from the gene pool and then hang on to their man.
So it's between "aggressive, scientific" vs. "beautiful, empathic", eh?
Not "homely, scientific" and "beautiful, empathic" or "aggressive,
scientific" vs. "passive, religious" or some such? I guess they're
pitting "aggressive" against "empathic", but "scientific" vs.
"beautiful"?
"These may be stereotypes but they are also fact," said Dr Satoshi
Kanazawa, the evolutionary psychologist who led the research.
This cracks me up. It sounds like the next thing he is going to say
is, "Well, some of my best friends are attractive people!" I don't
challenge his assertion, but it sounds /so much/ like what racists
say when they use stereotypes: "But it's true! They breed like
rabbits!" (or whatever).
Interesting article. Thanks for posting it.
Dave "Father of two sons, need I say more?" Land
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