Based on an extensive study of 220 people, researchers in Britain found that facial scars can help win a woman’s heart. Many women find Harrison Ford’s scar on his chin and Connery’s on his face as unique beauty marks that boosts the sex appeal of the two Hollywood celebrities.
The British study has suggested that scarring associated with violence may signal to a woman that the man has a risk-taking personality or above average masculinity, both of which might appeal to women for short term relationships.
Scars may indirectly be a sign of good genes or a strong immune system that also appeal to women for short-term relationships.
The study has been published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences. It also suggest that there is a difference among the scars the way they are perceived. A facial scar that looks like it was inflicted in anger rather than the after math of chickenpox or acne, increases men’s attractiveness.
The study has limited itself to analyze the likelihood of short term relations only. This element has not been studied for long term relations.
In this study researchers from the Universities of Liverpool and Stirling presented the women with picture of men with and without different scars. The women rated the scarred faces as better looking.
However, scars did not enhance women’s attractiveness to men.
This is the first study to demonstrate that under certain circumstances post traumatic scarring may increase a person’s perceived social worth.
The reesearchers concluded that under certain circumstances scars may advertise valued information about their bearers, and that the idea that scarring universally devalues social perceptions can no longer be assumed to be true, they said.
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