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Are Women Getting More Beautiful?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the or-are-you-just-less-picky dept.

FelxH writes "Scientists have found that evolution is driving women to become ever more beautiful, while men remain as aesthetically unappealing as their caveman ancestors. The researchers have found beautiful women have more children than their plainer counterparts and that a higher proportion of those children are female. Those daughters, once adult, also tend to be attractive and so repeat the pattern." I just thought my standards were changing as I got older, but it turns out it's just science!

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  1. Evolution has nothing to do with it by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's called Photoshop.

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    1. Re:Evolution has nothing to do with it by bagboy · · Score: 5, Funny

      I thought it was called Beer!

    2. Re:Evolution has nothing to do with it by Forge · · Score: 5, Funny

      Which is why I so often chose the beach for 1st dates during my dating years and took soda and fruit juice to those encounters rather than alcohol of any kind.

      If you soak her in warm salt water and scorch her in 100 degree heat for for a few hours and she still looks good in a bikini standing under the noonday sun you know that at the very least, she either looks good naturally or has modifications of some permanence.

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    3. Re:Evolution has nothing to do with it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Indeed, everybody knows that beauty is in the eye of the beer holder!

  2. Does it matter? by Hognoxious · · Score: 5, Funny

    Until these females develop an interest in Linux (and know that it's really GNU/Linux) plus a preference for subterranean dwelling, nobody here is likely to notice.

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    1. Re:Does it matter? by von_rick · · Score: 5, Funny

      Your counter example is as real as square root of -1.

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  3. news for nerds? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm confused, how does this help the average slashdotter? Perhaps you are just reminding the readers that an even higher proportion of women are out of their league. Salt in the wound, my friend.

  4. Re:As a male... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The downside is that unless you are a dirty old man, there is no way to take advantage of the beautification of the female portion of the human race.

    What downside? That's what the Internet is for.

    Thanks to technology, you can see more boobs in an hour than your dad had in his entire stack of Playboys, and than your grandfather did during his entire life.

  5. Re:Bullshit by Kashell · · Score: 5, Funny

    Three numbers:

    36 - 24 - 36.

  6. I can assure you... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not in Liverpool. Looking at the women on dating sites for this city is like looking at a freak show. Seriously.

  7. evolution versus creation? by glebovitz · · Score: 5, Funny

    If evolution is making women more attractive, does creation have the inverse effect?

  8. Re:Bullshit by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    36 - 24 - 36

    Only if she's 5'3"

  9. Re:As a male... by Shakrai · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thanks to technology, you can see more boobs in an hour than your dad had in his entire stack of Playboys, and than your grandfather did during his entire life.

    Speak for your own grandfather. My grandfather was part of the army that liberated Paris. I'm told that the French were most appreciative..... ;)

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  10. my wife is proof of evolution? by Theolojin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Huh. I had no idea that watching my wife grow in beauty over 15 years was watching evolution in process. Nice.

    This discovery has lead to the solution to a particular slashdot meme.

    a. Yes, this post is sappy and sentimental.

    b. Yes, I am sending my wife a link to this post.

    c. Yes, the kids are going to bed early tonight.

    d. Profit!!!

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  11. Re:As a male... by bhsurfer · · Score: 5, Funny

    This thought makes me want to join the army and start another world war. wow. You just completely derailed my day...thanks.

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  12. Re:What's the rate? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Should be fairly simple to find out - make off with Michelle Obama and see how many ships get launched. (definitely going anonymous for this one)

  13. Re:DEFINE: Subjectivity by BrokenHalo · · Score: 5, Funny

    I too am skeptical, but for a different reason, best summed up by a delightful rhyme I saw on a birthday card recently:

    See the mothers in the park,
    They're rather ugly chiefly.
    Someone must have loved them once,
    But in the dark, and briefly.