More importantly, you're probably also having a better time, and that's what really matters. But, you know, back to the looking attractive to other people thing because that's what's really most important.
If you were in the market for a facelift in order to catch the eye of cuties at some Da Club or another, cancel your Troy/McNamara appointment. A new study that asked a group of people to evaluate plastic surgery patients before or after their procedures shows that while they're generally thought to look around three…
Apparently we needed another survey to tell us that attractive people are treated better?
We're all a bunch of Judge Mableans when it comes to sizing up possible partners, says an online survey of 5,481 singles ages 21 and older.
Are you really, really ridiculously good-looking? THOT SO.
Italian scientists have announced that they've discovered a positive correlation between women being remarkably good looking and the likelihood that she'll have one of the worst kinds of lady pain. Leave it to the home of Silvio "Bunga Bunga" Berlusconi to commission a study that tracks the relationship between a woman's …
An article called "Stars Who Embrace Their Imperfections — Not Your Average Hollywood Lookers" is obviously going to be idiotic because, Jesus Christ, "perfect" is hardly even a real thing. I know, I know — symmetry and proportions and blah blah blah, but when it comes to real life and real attraction, all of that shit…
I don't know about you, but I celebrate each birthday by putting a lip gloss, a tampon, an eyelash curler and a push-up bra in a tiny little canoe. I then put the canoe in a body of water, set it afloat and light it on fire as a small Viking funeral for my one-year-younger, prettier self, as a single tear rolls down my …
A recent study says guys think women who wear red are up for sex — but this is just the latest in a long string of findings (and stereotypes) about red. Let's break down the color's decidedly mixed reputation.
If you're a member of Congress hoping to get more TV exposure, a new study provides a handy guide on what you'll need to do. Spouting crazy soundbites about making poor children get jobs and Obama trying to kill everyone's grandma is a good start. It also doesn't hurt to be black, male, or from a larger state. However, …
Everyone already knows that women are back-stabbing bitches who are eager to cut another lady down, especially if that lady is sexy. And now, there's scientific proof.
Bad news, fatties. A new study from the Department of Making You Feel Bad has just released results of a new study that found that people with marriage on their mind don't want to date you. But there's a glimmer of good news among the bad: you can overcome your unlovable-ness by earning more money or going to school…
Today in research that confirms what you suspected in junior high school: hot people are meaner than average-looking folks. Also, mean people make more money.
The concept of one's "league" — that is, a fixed category of people one is attractive enough to date — is firmly entrenched in pop culture and in many of our psyches. Here's why it's bullshit.
A new study purports to show that promiscuous dudes and friendly ladies are the best judges of their own attractiveness. But the research raises a lot of questions.
In a new study, women found happy, smiling men less attractive than those who appear proud or ashamed. Guys, on the other hand, are not so into proud ladies.
In addition to naming her, French media outlets are now revealing a variety of personal details about Dominique Strauss-Kahn's accuser — and evaluating her attractiveness.
We've already dubbed Satoshi Kanazawa a "crap evolutionary psychologist." But somehow, he's found a way to be even crappier. His thoughts on why "black women are significantly less physically attractive than women of other races" have forced us to create a graphical representation of his awfulness.
Online dating offers a plethora of people you could potentially go out with. But could all these possible partners make it harder to gauge your own attractiveness — and theirs?
Do men in relationships subconsciously force themselves to find ovulating women less attractive? That's the claim of one study — but take it with a grain of salt.
This post investigates female attractiveness, but without the usual photo analysis stuff. Instead, we look past a woman's picture, into the reaction she creates in the reptile mind of the human male.
According to new research, people who get a good night's sleep look more attractive the next day — even in the afternoon when they're presumably not groggy anymore.
The science of attractiveness can be obnoxious when misrepresented, but it's also fascinating. A new book contains some surprising information about sexy tigers, the cosmetic power of veggies — and how to talk about beauty without being an asshole.
A recent conversation: Maggie: Do you think people are either attractive or unattractive? Kate: My mother was on the phone last night, saying, "You have to stop putting yourself down. You sound ridiculous."
"There is such a thing as being unfuckable and female," writes Jessa Crispin. It's a shocking statement, but it also brings up an issue we don't often discuss: what it's like to be not sexually desired, but sexually devalued.
Catherine Hakim argues that "erotic capital" — a "combination of physical and social attractiveness" — is more important for women than a college degree. Arguments for women's "soft" (read: sexual) power aren't new — but here's why they suck.
Attractive girls have unionized, The Onion reports. And they are not interested in "nice guys" with goatees. "At this juncture we cannot negotiate with an individual who stares at us for a half an hour," says a rep. [Onion]
• If, like me, you can't quite stomach 432 pages of Sarah Palin's mudslinging, the AP has scanned the book for the most commonly used words to give us Palin in a nutshell: "Family," "kids," "oil," "energy," and "Alaska." •
A recent study shows that men may be just as interested in a woman's body as in her face when pursuing a short-term relationship, news that True/Slant's Ryan Sager helpfully frames in terms of the charming moniker "butterface."
Is your preference for a low nose or a high nose? According to a recent study, North Americans and Brazilians identify beauty differently, especially around where your features are placed. But is nose height the only subjective beauty standard?
