mattnewport comments on Babies and Bunnies: A Caution About Evo-Psych - Less Wrong

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Comment author: soreff 22 February 2010 05:55:48PM 3 points [-]

If attraction instincts (cuteness or sexual) evolve much more slowly than physical attributes, then shouldn't supermodels be chimpier than they are?

Comment author: mattnewport 22 February 2010 06:48:55PM *  4 points [-]

Is 'supermodels' supposed to be shorthand for 'highly sexually attractive'? Supermodels are not generally the women who are the most sexually attractive to heterosexual males but are selected for a variety of other attributes such as a 'striking' appearance, height and extreme slenderness.

That said, women who are considered very sexually attractive are not particularly chimpy either. They do share other traits that are not as common amongst supermodels however.