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I wonder how people would react to the photos/videos of themselves if they wouldn't know it's themselves.
I admit such experiment could be difficult to arrange. But not impossible. Imagine filming people through hidden camera somewhere. Then... several weeks later... invite them to experiment where they will be shown videos of random people, and they have to quickly judge how attractive they are (e.g. by pressing a button). Show them a series of videos, including a short video of themselves.
The hypothesis in this article suggests that people would judge themselves as attractive if they wouldn't know it's themselves. (Also, this technique could be useful therapeutically.)
Another experiment: arrange for a group of people to live in an environment with no mirrors or other ways to see themselves, for a long time. Compare with people exposed to mirrors. Ask detailed questions about estimates of attractiveness, weak points, feelings of dissatisfaction, self-doubt, inferiority etc.
But this is also hard to arrange.
There are probably people living somewhere in jungle without mirrors.
There might possibly be other differences between their lifestyle and ours besides the lack of mirrors.