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Women tend to have a greater contrast between their lips and eyes compared to the skin of the face, so increasing the contrast makes the picture look more feminine.
The Male/Female Contrast
The only difference between these two faces is their degree of contrast. Yet the face on the left appears female and the one on the right looks male.
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Sooooo… is the person in the picture… male or female?
- gladyss thinks The Male/Female Contrast is Dios MiO
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Fascinating.
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I thought they both looked male.
- fanaca thinks The Male/Female Contrast is Fail
- Colleen M. The Male/Female Contrast and thinks it’s Geeky
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- bokehbro thinks The Male/Female Contrast is Old
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most feminine
- Obienator The Male/Female Contrast and thinks it’s Dios MiO
- Mariah C. thinks The Male/Female Contrast is Old
- vanedulac thinks The Male/Female Contrast is Dios MiO
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This is essentially what drag queens do with make up shading and highlighting. No big mystery there!
- Reza A. thinks The Male/Female Contrast is Dios MiO
- nekeon thinks The Male/Female Contrast is Dios MiO & Geeky
- Marzi thinks The Male/Female Contrast is Dios MiO
- jessem6 thinks The Male/Female Contrast is Old
- kimiscruffyb The Male/Female Contrast
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Add your own..?
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To add to the effect, you can also tuck your junk back between your legs like that guy in Silence of the Lambs.
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Well…the face on the left looks more female than the face on the right…
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not quite.
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Not really.
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Wait, what?
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Ok….?






























