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  • as a white female, i agree with the study and i'm not racist. black women are not very attractive, the attitudes especially. and i don't find black men attractive at all. most of them are irresponsible and look like apes. asian women are not attractive either, same with hispanic women. i'm bi and i prefer native american, mixed, and white females.

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  • Sorry but I will have to disagree. I find black women amazingly beautiful especially without makeup. In fact i think they are the most beautiful without makeup.

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  • Ummm…sorry…I think the moron is the person who makes statement without factual evidence to support it. There have been numerous studies done on what makes one “attractive” or more physically appealing. These studies have gone as far as examining infants reactions to different people looking into their cribs. While different cultures may at times value contradistinctive physical attributes, there are actually ratios (involving BMI, hips to waist, the Golden Mean) which are constants that DO indicate beauty (as recognized by a majority of those surveyed). Race is not necessarily a dominant determinant in these ratios…but if a culture or ethnicity exhibits such traits like obesity, dominant facial features (large broad nostrils, large ears, overhanging brows, etc.), and physical asymmetry, a human will usually appear less attractive. I get so sick of all you brain-dead products of a public school education who were indoctrinated by leftist, loser, leftovers from the 60's to proclaim any FACTUAL proclamation concerning racial differences as “racist”. Jeez, do any of you pathetic zombies ever tire of reacting like Pavlov's dogs? Why don't you use the internet for someting other than socializing and LEARN something for a change….http://www.humansfuture.org/genetic_engineering_physical_attraction.php.htm…..http://www.humansfuture.org/genetic_engineering_physical_attraction.php.htm….http://m.intmath.com/numbers/math-of-beauty.php.

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  • It's because n!ggers are closer to being apes and are less evolved than humans. Looking like gorillas has a lot to do with it! That and the standard borderline n!gger IQ.

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  • Anyone who reads a “research article” and assumes that because it is given that label and has fancy graphs that it is unbiased by the author/researcher needs to go back to highschool and retake comp 1. It is obvious and clear that this author has an agenda. RACISM.

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  • Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but, to do a scientific study is a bit outlandish in my opinion. I am a 26 year old black woman who has NEVER had any complaints about my skin. I have been around the world in Europe and parts of Asia and have always been given compliments on how beautiful ppl thought I was (both male and female. I have noticed that in other parts of the world you are seen as American first and then people focus on the physical later. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and for this guy to come up with some elaborate study is ridiculous. Not all black women have the same features and to categorize us as such is nauseating Naomi Campbell and Tyra Banks for example both gorgeous but two different physical characteristics. I was always taught that everyone is beautiful in one fashion or another…………and I have a full blood Irish husband with blonde hair and green eyes who agrees with me.

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  • Whos more attractive Halley Berry or drew Berrymore Beyonce or Taylor Swift??

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  • clarissac2   Why Black Women Are Less Physically A... and thinks it’s WTF  about 7 months ago ×
  • Anyone who called this racist is a fucking idiot. Did you catch that? A fucking idiot. That said, I believe there is beauty to be found in any race, black most definitely included.

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  • Madeline C. thinks Why Black Women Are Less Physically A... is WTF, Ew & Trashy  about 7 months ago ×
  • Native Americans??? WTF??? Has this guy ever lived among the Eskimos? They look like whales and walk like pinguins? What's wrong with this man?

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  • I have to strongly disagree with these findings. Everyone knows that eskimo women are uglier than black women.

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  • This is exactly why brown skin women have the issues they do I just gave birth to the most beautiful girl in the world and there is no way in hell i will expose her to something like this article, or someone telling her that scientifically or statistically she is less attractive because of her coco brown skin. Exactly what does this teach our young black women?

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  • Ridiculous. Sorry, how you do you “objectively” measure attractiveness again and based on who's standards are you doing this in? How can one mere “objective” measurement be a basis for justifying that black women aren't as attractive as other women? Attractiveness its self is subjective and it has to do with how pleasing, arousing or engaging something or someone is to an other's perception or consideration. That in its self has different standards from person to person, varying from their backgrounds, upbringings and personal choice. Some sad “intellectual”'s heart must've been broken by a black woman, or maybe his racial supremacist ideals simply need more fabricated validation. I by the way am not black, and call me if I'm wrong but I know when I smell prejudice. Your academics is a waste of effort, intelligence, money and our time.

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  • THis is so true, i have always found that black women look more like monkeys than white women. its the truth, they are more ugly than the superior white women i know some of you retards will call me racist but the fact is it is my opinion, and just because you dont like it doesnt mean im wrong. white women > black women

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  • LOL at this buddy… I'm white, and I LUVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV³³³³³ black women, they're the fuking best… WHAT!!!!!!! I can't even fuk a white cunt.. wth?! There's nothing better than a black chick… ^^

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  • Remember that Mr. Satoshi Kanzawa is Japonese. Now look at where he puts Asin in his study and you'll realize where this moron is coming from!

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  • Who were the “interviewers”? KKK members? So, does this prove that Japanese men are less intelligent? Or maybe just that Psychology Today editors were looking for something to rev up their recognition scores?

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  • Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. White women go to the tanning salon to get TAN, not to get Black…..duh. Not all white women go tanning. Just like some Black women straighten their hair….not to be white or Asian but because they like it that way! Every century, ideals for beauty change. It's not necessary to put down White women in order to defend Black because you turn into a hypocrite yourself. I've seen all races with absolutely stunning women and all races with just us average plain Janes. I think Gods purpose is bigger than this, ask the blind man if he cares……

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  • Are you serious LOL

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    I will go straight to the errors in this “scientific” paper, since I doubt anything else will resonate with some people. The researcher had ONLY 3 individuals rate the appearance of women on a scale of 1-5. Though Kanazawa calls this an “objective” rating, it definitely is not. There is no way that asking people for their opinions on attractiveness can be an objective measurement. Don't be fooled by his factor analysis. Factor analysis has little to do with whether or not the underlying data being analyzed is biased itself. Three opinions is probably the smallest sample size that I have heard of in a “research” paper. I use the quotations since I do not consider this a valid, scientifically founded research paper. Kanazawa also pretends as if there is additional validity because he asked for opinions 3 times over a 7 year period. There is such a high likelihood that someone who found a woman unattractive 7 years will find her unattractive over the 7 year period. This just gives Kanazawa more data to falsely use to support his claim. I think that some explanations for why this claim is true might be needed, IF Kanazawa had proven that this claim was true, which he did not. All he proved was that three individuals found black women less attractive than the other Asian, Native American [how many full Native American women was he able to find?], and White women that they observed. There are so many things to be questioned, including, but certainly not limited to, the background of these three individuals, which women were selected from these racial backgrounds, and how a rating of 1-5 can be considered as a valid and objective scientific measurement. Everyone may have their opinions about the attractiveness of African American women or their ideas about hair, but this paper does not validate any of them opinions. It can not be used to validate any opinions about attractiveness as the research methodologies were incredibly flawed. I also want to point out that it is quite easy to run an experiment and form the data to prove your opinions. He could have chosen 3 interviewers with similar opinions (since when can someone objectively determine attractiveness anyways?). We don't know how many individuals were interviewed. There might have been an unequal number from each race giving more power to negative or positive individual ratings for a particular race. The list goes on. It is unfortunate that there are people out there who will take as fact this terribly flawed “research” paper that is entirely without citation [at least it is so in this Buzzfeed copy]. I just hope that most people can recognize the poor quality of research that stems from this paper.

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    Ummm…sorry…I think the moron is the person who makes statement without factual evidence to support it. There have been numerous studies done on what makes one “attractive” or more physically appealing. These studies have gone as far as examining infants reactions to different people looking into their cribs. While different cultures may at times value contradistinctive physical attributes, there are actually ratios (involving BMI, hips to waist, the Golden Mean) which are constants that DO indicate beauty (as recognized by a majority of those surveyed). Race is not necessarily a dominant determinant in these ratios…but if a culture or ethnicity exhibits such traits like obesity, dominant facial features (large broad nostrils, large ears, overhanging brows, etc.), and physical asymmetry, a human will usually appear less attractive. I get so sick of all you brain-dead products of a public school education who were indoctrinated by leftist, loser, leftovers from the 60's to proclaim any FACTUAL proclamation concerning racial differences as “racist”. Jeez, do any of you pathetic zombies ever tire of reacting like Pavlov's dogs? Why don't you use the internet for someting other than socializing and LEARN something for a change….http://www.humansfuture.org/genetic_engineering_physical_attraction.php.htm…..http://www.humansfuture.org/genetic_engineering_physical_attraction.php.htm….http://m.intmath.com/numbers/math-of-beauty.php.

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