On the blonde vs brunette dissonance: hair darkens with age, but it also lightens with age (grey). So while blonde hair may carry a youth signal relative to the darker hair of early adulthood, a rich, greyless brunette can carry a stronger youth signal later on. In other words, “lighter = younger” isn’t quite a monotonic relationship across the lifespan.
"There was one study that found that men rated a picture of a woman as more attractive when she was brunette but they were more likely to approach her in a nightclub when she was blonde. Maybe they thought the blonde woman was less attractive but easy. Or maybe they really did think she was more attractive when blonde but felt it would seem tacky to say so."
There's a similar study for tattoos (if it isn't this same one). Men report tattoless women as more attractive, but are more likely to approach tattooed women (I think the setting was a beach or poolside). "Approachable" perhaps a kinder reading than "easy".
The arbitrary zero on the x-axis is weighted towards the average man rather than the average woman. Cool.
Edit: I rescanned to check and it wasn’t so obvious. Maybe just every time it is as above it really jumps out at me. Interesting nonetheless. My preference is if it was centred on the average woman consistently.
On the blonde vs brunette dissonance: hair darkens with age, but it also lightens with age (grey). So while blonde hair may carry a youth signal relative to the darker hair of early adulthood, a rich, greyless brunette can carry a stronger youth signal later on. In other words, “lighter = younger” isn’t quite a monotonic relationship across the lifespan.
Wee typo here btw: “OnlyFans girls, influences, and the girlfriends”
On the hair, I think you're probably right. In general I think ashy/greyish tones are risky on older women. A warm honey blonde would be fine though
Thanks for pointing out the typo!
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"There was one study that found that men rated a picture of a woman as more attractive when she was brunette but they were more likely to approach her in a nightclub when she was blonde. Maybe they thought the blonde woman was less attractive but easy. Or maybe they really did think she was more attractive when blonde but felt it would seem tacky to say so."
There's a similar study for tattoos (if it isn't this same one). Men report tattoless women as more attractive, but are more likely to approach tattooed women (I think the setting was a beach or poolside). "Approachable" perhaps a kinder reading than "easy".
The arbitrary zero on the x-axis is weighted towards the average man rather than the average woman. Cool.
Edit: I rescanned to check and it wasn’t so obvious. Maybe just every time it is as above it really jumps out at me. Interesting nonetheless. My preference is if it was centred on the average woman consistently.