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In reply to the discussion: "I've started telling my daughters I'm beautiful" [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)The "studies" it is based on are flawed too - by what the studier wants to come out. These questions cannot be reduced to science, since people have children by who they have children with for tons of reasons. Men might marry ugly women whose fathers have a lot of money.
We are all more attractive when young. Nothing very "scientific" about that. We age at equal rates (in fact men go bald more and do less about their overall looks). As for money, either sex can have it, and having that as your attraction is no big advantage - who really wants to be with someone when you know it's got to do with your money? And you can have that money for many reasons.
And there is also the indefinable quality some people have, which cannot be measured scientifically - that makes them more attractive than others who would appear to have the advantage.