What makes men attractive?

been reading a lot of differing opinions on topics such as masc vs pretty boy, Feminine features vs Masculine features and more importantly what is sexual dimorphism why is it important, how important is it and so forth.

To Start it off

There seems to be a lot of confusion on this topic too, people will say guys like Vinnie the Hacker or Young Henry Cavil have ideal appeal because they are "masculine with feminine features"

But this is simply not true and I will break down why

What is Sexual Dimorphism?

Copypasting straight from google I get this:

" Sexual dimorphism is the condition where the two sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics beyond the differences in their sexual organs.

Pretty self explanatory as our gonads produce androgenic hormones that have an especially significant effect on our physcical appearance and give indicators of our "genetic package" and develop during and after puberty signalling fertility.

Since you are here I assume you haven't fallen for the trap of "women aren't visual like men" or "men aren't expected to be goodlooking like women are"

We all know this is nonsense and when you look at other species the opposite if anything is true

This Continues even for mammals, and even for our Great Ape Cousins

Males in mammalian species that successfully procure many mates and are higher in the heirarchy often exhbit more sexual dimorphism than the average in the group

For example

Elephant Seals:

" A good example of intrasexual selection, in which males fight for dominance over a harem of females "

The Deer I posted above interact in which the males will ram their antlers into one another (sexually dimorphic trait) and those that win these tests have access to the most females.

Same goes for the Mountain Bison

In fact its even more extreme for them. The male Bison are hyper aggressive so they essentially outcast themselves from the females of their species where year round they will but heads. Once Breeding season comes along the most dominant male in the heirarchy (directly associated with their physical dimorphism and dominance) will leave the male group and copulate with all the fertile females.

The mammalian structure of sexual and natural selection dynamics results in

Why do Mammals behave this way?

Some of you may be wondering this

Why is it this way? Why does it have to be this way? This is Unfair!

There are many ways to break this down firstly lets think of it in term of raw Sexual economics

Paraphrasing from a FaceandLMS video:

"A man produces more sperm in one day than a woman produces in her life, the female's egg is far more valuable than the sperm, millions of sperm will rush to the same egg real life is analagous to that"

Thats one way to put it.

But personally I think it Makes more sense to look at it through an action/reaction, cost effect lens:

Think of a scenario

A long time ago say 100'000 years ago two archiac humans one male and one female (cave Adam and Eve lol) find themselves isolated together in a cave for some time etc.

Just by virtue of this situation both have sex, not just once but multiple times throughout days, weeks maybe even months.

As a result of this they are likely to have sex during the females ovulation cycle and thus become pregnant

All is said and done right?

No not really

Lets take a detailed breakdown of the pros and Cons of each party involved as like every action there is a consequence and the consequences are not equally distributed between the sexes.

Male:

Pros: Passes on his DNA survival of his genetic material

Cons: Virtually none other than losing sperm

Female:

Pros: Like the male she passes on her DNA​

Cons: None immediately BUT, in approximately a weeks time she will begin to feel sick and begin vommiting, shes pregnant and the initial feotus releases certain waste that make her sick, that is just the beginning,for the next 9 months she will have a vulnerable livign organism growing inside her

There are no maternity leaves in mother nature she is vulnerable to predators killing her, other humans killing her, if she gets hurt and the baby dies the baby will literally necrose inside her and kill her organs.

Her immune system is compromised and her need for nutrition and resources incrases to support the baby.

Once her pregnancy ends it doesn't stop there

An extremely common cause of death among women pre medical era was childbirth often due to blood loss.

Now she must harbour an infant and nurse it to a state of independence once again a very draining and cost heavy process.

Hence given this massive cost/benefit difference Women must select far more harshly on Traits: ​

Also imortant to note:

Mother nature has also made it that men have a higher sex drive than women meaning men are more willing to fuck and women are more willing to be more picky, sexual drive is like hunger and a hungry man will eat more + settle for less while a satiated will not eat as much and only eat when the quality is good

Looks:

Looks are an indicator of your genetic quality, if she is going to go through all that trouble she must insure the genetic material in the form of the sperm she will be recieving is of a high quality as to ensure that the offspring are genetically fit individuals themselves with a higher chance of survival, it is pretty self explanatory

Status:

Deny it all you want but humans are inherently a social species, heirarchies are as natural as taking a shit despite what leftists will tell you, they are universal to all great apes and virtually all mammals, status matters because a high status male is higher in the heirarchy they have more access to food, resources, power (and security) and as a consequence mates as they are the most secure option to breed with

Again as stated before a lot of the heirarchical behaviours in animals

Heirarchical behaviour is basic shit I learnt in highschool biology under the topic of Animal Behaviour, Don't be so naive to think this does not apply to you.

Resources

I specifically say resources as this changes over time but at our current age it seems as if its main mediator is money etc and once upon a time it was based on the physical labour and merit of a man. The more resources a man has the more likely he is to provide and protect the female during her pregnancy and throughout the time she raises her infants hence she makes an educated choice on which man will give her that security?

How do these factors interact with each other?

In the past I think they would've interacted more with each other due to the fact that virtually all acquirement of resources was based on physical merit etc. and money kind of changes that but the links still apply

A good looking male will tend to have a higher status and more opportunity to acquire resources

We observe this as the Hailo effect all of you are probably familar with where better looking people will be treated better even in corporate settings and so on.

" good-looking people make about 12% more money than less appealing folks, and that attractive real-estate brokers bring in more money than their less attractive peers."

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/beautiful-people-make-more-money-2014-11

Sexual Dimorphism vs Indicators of Youth and Health)

I believe this is something fundamental that some people fail to understand.

People often confuse indicators of youth with Feminine features

Sexual dimorphism is almost always a positive.

Yes there are certain extremes in certain cases where too much dimorphism is present but this really isnt an issue for most and a lot of times it is indicitive of an underlying hormal regulation issue. Being a clinically recognized medical condition/abnormality gives sense as to why said trait is not seen as attractive as it indicates bad health/genetics unfit for survival.

What is the distinction between the two then?

It's pretty clear

Indicators of Youth and Health are favoured in BOTH Sexes where as a dimorphic trait (male or female) is only favourable in ONE

This idea that certain feminine features look good on men is just dumb as a feminine feature is the antithesis of a male feature hence making the face less dimorphic and reducing its attractiveness

Indicators of Youth and Health are far different

They are often applicable universally across both sexes, youth is not to be confused with prepubescent features rather features indicating that the individual has signs of good health and mininmal aging given they are post puberty,

What is an example of this?

Collagen:

I often see how having good skin and collagen is seen as a "prettyboy" feature (hinting its not masculine), This is simply not true. Either you've been looking at too many roidheads with piss poor reptialian skin or fell for the meme that wanting to have good skin as a man is "gay and feminine:

Translates to good health with minimal biological aging and likely a good diet + skin genetics.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5706759/

" Changes in collagen and elastic fibers are followed by the appearance of rhytides, sagging of skin, and loss of elasticity (Figure d). But diet, trough ingestion of sugar, can accelerate these signs of aging "

" "looking old for your age" is an indicator of poor health. The concept of perceived age has been shown to be predictive of mortality in elderly individuals (5, 6) and is associated with a higher risk of both morbidity and mortality (7). "

" Acute exposure to UV is associated with sunburn, DNA modifications, and immune suppression, but chronic, long-term exposure can lead to premature skin aging (photoaging) and skin cancer "

Just a short summary but signs of aging also linked with a poor diet, an accurate indicator of health predictive of an early death, also indicates skin damage and proclibity towards cancer.

This is not a feminine feature nor is it a masculine one it is seperate and is an indicator of health something that is beneficial and preferable between BOTH sexes and has very consistent traits that predict the health of the individual be that male or female and is totally unrelated to the sexual differentiation produced by the gonads.

HAIR QUALITY.

(Inb4 I rope)

I specify hair quality not just hair as there are dimorphic preferences in hair regarding to colour and this only refers to scalp hair not facial hair.

Clear indication is deficincies:

B vitamins that are crucial for cell function have been shown to be associated with hair loss/thinning along with folate and iron.

It can also be indicitive of a thyroid issue.

Many autoimmune diseases such as alopecia arieta target and kill hairfollicles this to an observer may indicate a malfunctioning immune system hence is seen as a biological negative regarding the genetic quality of the individual

Male and female pattern baldness:

Both are indicitive of a hormonal issue

Male pattern baldness is caused by an excess of DHT it may or may not signal a problem with testosterone (wether it be too little or too much)

https://www.tmc.edu/news/2018/06/could-baldness-predict-other-health-risks/

The link is still unclear but:

"Research is showing men with male pattern baldness have an increased risk of developing heart disease and prostate cancer. Research is showing men with male pattern baldness have an increased risk of developing heart disease and prostate"

Females can also develop Female Pattern baldness post-menapause

https://www.healthline.com/health/womens-health/female-pattern-baldness

" Up to two-thirds of women experience hair loss after menopause "

This is a pretty obvious indicator as if a female is post menopause she is no longer ovulating therefore is infertile and cannot produce offspring.

Like skin both are also indicitive of old age and a lack of youth. The effectiveness of this may vary when considering the age your target audience of women so to speak.

LIPS

Now I guarantee I have seen this one a lot "more feminine lips are ideal" etc. but this simply isn't true as even thought they are a somewhat dimorphic this idea on this forum that "thin lips are a masculine trait" is just fucking r-t----d and I've im including it because ive seen it said many times.

Thin lips especially a thin upper lip are correlated with disorders such as down syndrome or fetal alcohol syndrome aka a developmental (or genetic) disorder.

Unironically rope if you think thin lips are a masculine trait, its a trait thats signals "I'm a deformed and abused dog that needs to be euthanized"

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19447641/

" Almost all the vertical profile measurements were greater in males than in females. The only variables with no gender differences were lower (Li-Sto) and upper vermilion heights"

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4293313/

"Men with lower 2D:4D tended to have more protrusive mandibles, noses, and lips. These facial features have been associated with more ‘masculine’ appearance (2,22,23), supporting the role of androgens"

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10371428/

"The results indicated a sex-effect, with females preferring fuller lips than males. Significant differences were also found between orthodontically treated subjects and untreated subjects, with untreated subjects preferring fuller lips"

Taking the info above into account and my subjective opinion would want good sized lips with good colour and fullness however, you wouldnt want huge cocksucker James Charles Tier lips that throw off the philtrum and chin balances of the lower third.

Imo something like a young Tom Welling from Smallville has a pretty good balance of these features along with guys like Vinnie the Hacker

Using examples to distinguish between Male Dimorphic features and features of Youth and health.

Danny Trejo - An Individual with very High male dimorphism but very low in Indicators of health and youth namely his skin and collagen

Jacob Sartorious - Coversely ranking very high on indicators of health such as good collagen, full thick head of hair, and good lips but severly lacking in male dimorphism giving him the babyfaced look

Ideally you want a good balance of both.

The importance of each may differ depending on age for example im sure some grannies would dig Danny Trejo and some middleschoolers would Sartorious but in regards to what is relavant to us for females in their late teens and early-mid twenties a pretty good mix of High indicators of health + youth and masculinity is needed for the broades overall appeal.

good traits:

good collagen, a full head of hair, good lips yet are still very dimorphic.

Sometime these are called "Maesthetic or Robust prettyboy"

Maesthetic is an ok terminology but Robust prettyboy does not suit in my opinion as the denotion "prettyboy" gives the idea that the individual is not masculine/ is feminine in their features but as I've clarified that isn't necessarily the case.

Maesthetic = Masculine + Indicators of health/youth

Maesthetic =/= Masculine + some Feminine features

Thought id clear that out of the way

How to maximise on Features of youth and health?

I won't get into much detail because there are very detailed guides on this but essentially they consist around

1) Preserving male hair, stopping or reversing male pattern baldness + maximising appearance of hair density with things like minoxidil or finasteride if needed compounded with microneedling ideally

2) Maintain skin quality with a good skin care routine don't fall into the meme that "skincare is for women and gay people" your skin is literally your lifeline of youth minimise sun damage and try to get rid of any acne or scarring.

3) Not much you can do about lips, a quick looksmax tip I picked up from a guy named Effortless was too exfoliate your lips to brigthen their colour and it works pretty well, other than that feed it moist and prevent cracks you can look into facial expansion devices but I don't know much about them.

KEY Male dimorphic features

(And what you can do)

Facial bones:

There is already so much information out on this one it pretty much speaks for itself that I won't spend too much time on it.

To sum it up:

Your ideal face should be as closest to the left as possible suiting to your phenotype of course

Quick notes

-Larger bigonial

-Deep set hunter eyes

- Larger browridge

-Larger nose

- Dense darker eyebrows

- Taller broder chin

-Larger more prominent cheekbones

- Thicker neck

- Straight hairline opposed to rounded.

Height.

Height also falls under the category of dimorphic qualities in the sense that men have more of it then women.

Height is inherently a masculine trait if you took an average faced 5'9 guy and made him 6'0 he would instantly become more masculine+attractive and have more success with women.

Women care far more about mens height than men care about womens and they want MORE of it than men

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886913000020

women are most satisfied when their partner was 21 cm taller, whereas men are most satisfied when they were 8 cm taller

(N = 52,677), we show that for men, height is more important to the expression of satisfaction with one’s own height than it is for women

Being short as a man doesn't necessarily make you feminine per say but it detracts greatly from your masculinity to the point where even when you have other masculine traits a short height will overshadow other areas and you will be seen as overcompensating.

hes 5'6 and he'll always be seen as a coping manlet

Meanwhile his 6'1 gigachad counterpart is respected and seen as a demigod

Height does not just effect your sex life it impedes on so many other aspects.

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Swedish study showd shorter men had a 2x higher suicide rate (can’t remember what heights they based tall vs short off)

For men every 2inch increase in height had an average of a 9% reduction in suicide risk

6 foot is top 18% of male height however in a study among CEO’s it was roughly 50th percentile

Only 4% of the population is 6’2 and above however among CEO’s it’s 30%

An increase in height is correlated with greater reproductive success in males (water)

But it’s fine tho cos height doesn’t matter r-right?

https://www.medpagetoday.org/psychiatry/depression/1443?vpass=1

"Shorter men have a twofold greater risk for suicide than taller men, according to a cohort study of more than a million men in this country.

For every five-centimeter (two-inch) increase in height, there was a 9% decrease in suicide risk, according to Patrik Magnusson, Ph.D., of Uppsala University and colleagues.

The association remained even after accounting for prenatal development and socioeconomic factors, the researchers reported in the July issue of American Journal of Psychiatry.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/the-necktie-syndrome-why-ceos-tend-to-be-significantly-taller-than-the-average-male/articleshow/10178115.cms

"Highly attractive people of both sexes earn at least 12% more than their less attractive coworkers. Read more at:

https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...ofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst"

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Several studies over the years have shown that height and salary are positively correlated. This is true "especially for men, who earn 2.5% more per inch of additional height,"

It also suggested that a person who is 6 feet tall is likely to earn $166,000 more than someone who is 5 feet 5 inches tall, over a 30 year career."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3277695/

" Human male height is associated with mate choice and intra-sexual competition, and therefore potentially with reproductive success "

I could go on but you get my point.

I want to stress the first bit though

"Swedish study showd shorter men had a 2x higher suicide rate"

"The association remained even after accounting for prenatal development and socioeconomic factors,"

People like to virtue signal amongst the mainstream about this but its clear cut as day it has nothing to do with "muh confidence" and everything to do with the physical trait itself

For every 100 tall men that committed suicide an EXCESS 100 short men did as well.

Imagine telling those short people that their suicides' were because of shit that was "in their heads" or a "confidence issue"

Its genuinely asinine.

To give you an Idea:

"

90% of women will reject a man who is 5'4" based solely on his height.

65% of women will reject a man who is 5'7" based solely on his height.

50% of women will reject a man who is 5'8" based solely on his height.

14% of women will reject a man who is 5'10" based solely on his height.

1.5% of women will reject a man who is 6' based solely on his height.

Past 6'2", women begin to increase rejections of men for being too tall.

30% of women believe there is no such thing as a man being "too tall."

Over 94% of women will reject a man solely for him being too short. "

Women want to feel smaller than a man and without a solid excess of height over her she simply will not feel that way

case in point:

https://youtu.be/K_DOIp33Qag

Just take a look at the comments the amount of blackpill is absolutely insane women are creaming over him

Trust me there is a lot more

Let me remind you

That even despite the fact that the comment section of this Youtube video is primarily Leftists they still act in this primal way. The same people that virtue signal on instagram etc. that "everyone is beautiful, looks are subjective, there is someone out there for everyone, #bodypositivity " behave in raw female sexual desire when they see male dominance

Women absolutely LOVE it when men MOG the fuck out of other men

Despite being full social leftists they behave like this because it is hardwired human nature, keep coping with "muh social contruct" this is an innately dimorphic trait that is attractive for obvious reasons.

Hair

Ive already gone over hair loss and thinning so I will center this more around colour and style.

And when I say hair I am not only referring to head hair but overall in men this time.

Once again referring to the dimorphism chart

Males Have thicker more dense eyebrows indicating virility

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6290027/

Previous research shows that thicker eyebrows are typically perceived as more masculine and dominant (Windhager et al., 2011) and are more attractive in male than female faces

If you have light eyebrows dye it dark or use latisse ASAP if you don't already have a thick pair of eyebrows.

Eyebrows can greatly increase the appearance of the eye area by increasing percived hooding and PFL

Next on to hair COLOUR:

Women prefer darker hair on men

https://www.bustle.com/articles/103217-women-dont-want-to-date-men-with-blonde-hair-says-new-survey-but-heres-who-they

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/relationships/a33858/women-dont-prefer-blonde-men/

Next we can go onto Facial hair.

Once again facial hair is something that is sexually dimorphic however the ideal length may vary person to person. If you have a weak jaw you may need more to beardfraud, if you have a strong jaw, consider clean shaven or a minimal but heavy stubble should be maintained and contoured to complement the angularity of the jaw itself

https://youtu.be/KCbcWqLERr8

Body Hair.

A bit more complicated than the priot I cant find to much that is definitive this may be a case by case basis and more of a subjective taste among women.

Just anecdotally if you are lean and shredded in my personal experience from being a hair indian bodyhair can mask vascularity and definition so consider trimming it or shaving it off if so, if you are on the softer end body hair might act as a positive contributing to the "Large and Manly" look

Michelle Marrone is an example of the latter whereas Connor Murphy is an example of the former

https://youtu.be/WnIL4o6_D8M

Again just cater towards your own physique.

As for studies I found this: https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/21/2/419/322906

e examined the effect of male torso hairiness on Finnish women’s attractiveness ratings by presenting pictures of male torsos before and after the removal of body hair. We found that the women’s preferences correlated strongly with the hairiness of their current partners, suggesting that body hair may play a role in actual mate choice. We also found that when the women’s fertility was at its highest, they preferred males with less body hair and that postmenopausal wosmen demonstrated stronger preferences relating to male body hair than did premenopausal women. Our study suggest that in the fertile period of their cycle, Finnish women prefer more the trait that is the current Western ideal of male beauty (hairlessness)

Not very concrete but hairyness seems to be more on the subjective side and should be considered by an individual basis.

Muscles

Homo f--s are going to debate a lot on this but it is pretty clear.

Dimorphism does not just begin and end in the face, like height muscles (and frame) also fall under this category.

If you want the BROADEST appeal for women in their late teens-mid twenties the answer is simple.

Muscles are a strong positive in the broadest sense YES there are SOME women that may prefer skinny guys but for the best overall appeal which will lead to by far the greatest success with women purely based on a game of probability it is in your best interest to have a good amount of musculature.

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2017.1819

For example, correlates of upper body strength have been shown to be attractive in men, including having wider shoulders [27–30], being physically fit [31], and having greater handgrip strength [32,33]. Men with greater handgrip strength also self-report that they more attractive [33,34], and that they have greater mating success [14,15,20]. Furthermore, numerous researchers have documented that physically taller men are more attractive [29,35,36]. Finally, men appear to know that women find stronger men attractive; cross-cultural data show that men generally desire to have stronger bodies in order to attract women [37,38].

showed that men whose bodies were rated as more ‘masculine' were preferred to men whose bodies were rated as ‘feminine', and a similar study using composite images confirmed that manipulating men's bodies to appear more masculine increased their attractiveness

This study proves my point more

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2017.1819

These correlations were examined to see if any women in our samples showed a significant preference for weaker men. They did not. None of the 160 women in our study who rated attractiveness produced a statistically significant preference for weaker men

Not a single woman amongst 160 preferred physically weaker men

This study used an eyetracker tracking womens eye movements on mens bodies

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1474704917690741

Pretty good video on it

Women voted via poll

https://youtu.be/KudaOfVaMK8

https://expressdigest.com/scientists-discover-what-women-look-at-most-in-mans-body/

"The research shows that women pay more attention to the abdomen area of a man’s body than anywhere else. Pictured is model David Gandy in an advert for the Marks and Spencer

While they were viewing the images, eye-tracking technology was used to see which part of the photograph they were looking at, and for how long.

The research found that both sexes spent longer looking at the body than at the face.

But women looked at the abdomens of the men more extensively than the chest or pectoral region, which was in turn viewed more than the genital area. Females also homed in on the abdomen longer and more frequently than males."

According to eyetracking data women seem to look at abs quite a lot so its safe to say train them abs and always maintain a visible 6 pack

Muscle building is quite dependant on male testosterone for obvious reasons.

Certain muscle groups have a high androgen affinity towards testosterone

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10664066/

The proportion of AR-containing myonuclei per fibre cross-section was higher in the trapezius

Traps and thus the sternoclamastoid and neck have a high androgen affinity

Explains why a thicker neck is observed here as a dimorphic trait

Imo neck curls with light weight 3x20 sets 3x per week yeild decent results

The neckpill is well documented and should never be underestimated

https://imgur.com/r/Incels/Ve9WUf4

IMO a push/pull/legs has given me the best results.

Each muscle group should be trained at least 2x per week to maximise muscle protein synthesis and leave little room for catabolism.

Pretty easy to digest video for newbies:

https://youtu.be/FY5O607L08k

A more advanced video with a respected researcher:

https://youtu.be/ku1kL7nNyuU

Census is at least train a muscle 2x per week there is not much benefit going more than 2x per week but 1x per week you are undercutting gains.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7212994/

" Women respond to broad shoulders far more powerfully than men respond to breasts, making suits the more powerful of the two. Do you know that lustful feeling well-cloven cleavage can instil in you? Well, broad shoulders give women that same feeling, except stronge"

inb4 "dnrd" "tldr" "too much" lmfao

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