Black women are uglier than whites, Asians, Native Americans...FACT

[sp1814]

Satoshi Kanazawa from the LSE published his findings on a blog today which deals in a scientific study on attractiveness which rates black women as physically unattractive compared to other races.

http://www.dailymail....women-attractive.html

Leaving aside the veracity of his findings (and we can all empirically find many, many exceptions to his 'rule'), can someone explain why such a study needs to be made? What does it tell us? How are we educated/informed by the findings? Are we enriched?

And can something so subjective be measured scientifically? For instance, I think that Uma Thurman is stunningly beautiful, but a mate of mine think she looks like an ironing board that's been taught how to walk upright...so how can beauty or attractiveness be measured?

[jackthehat]

Hmmmm...............I'm not sure I'd agree with that Wildwood.
It's possibly more 'usual' but not necessarily 'natural'.......

[Ellipsis]

> I saw this and immediately wondered 'why ?'.....

Attention-seeking PR. I think this "controversial psychologist" has some "issues" of his own to work out ...

[Carakeel]

They say "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and yes, it is. But, at the same time beauty doesn't just mean what we see, but what that person is like in character as well. To me, the inner beauty is far more important than the outer beauty. While we women often think slimmer women are more beautiful, many men do not agree and like the fuller figured women more (whew! Thank goodness for that!! lol) We all see beauty differently ... it is "in the eye of the beholder". In my youth people used to tell me I was a beauty. But I never could see that! Today I am most certainly not a beauty, but I am happy with what I see, bar a few pounds or so. I am much kinder to myself today than I was then. But that is down to my ratter15 really. :o)

[askyourgran]

I agree with OP I find Uma Thurman unattractive too. I would have said that Asian women are unattractive race, but recently I have seen some young asian women/girls, more westernised - who looked really stunning. The same could be said for some African women (possibly Somalian) who are naturally tall and gracefully slim. But each to his own. there are a quite a lot of white women who would find themselves in good company in a zoo.

[Carakeel]

I can't really see why such a study would receive any funding or is even necessary or valuable. Beats me!

[Haggisdj]

How do you teach an ironing board to walk upright...

[ChuckFickens]

lauryn hill...

(and now you've just made me start to play the miseducation of lauryn hill)

[sp1814]

There are several answers here that I completely agree with, and some that have made me think. For instance, I agree with askyourgran about Somalian women (think of David Bowie's wife, Iman), who generally seem to have a built-in grace, but I honestly can't think of a single race that holds the trump cards in looks (again, I'm being completely subjective).

[sp1814]

triggerhappy

At one point, I genuinely thought that Lauryn Hill was the most beautiful woman in the world.

She has NOT aged well, and I warn you not to look for recent pictures of her on Google. The results will make you cry a little bit.

[douglas9401]

Ah I see, don't waste your energies on racism when being ageist is still allowed.^^

[modeller]

When we see pictures of women in history they are almost invariably described as beautiful but they rarely are . Mona Liza has been given that accolade as have all of Henry VIIIs wives and Elizabeth I . I once thought black Nubian women were the most beautiful in the world but I must admit I had just spent 3 years in the desert.
Catwalk models are considered beautiful, in reality they are tall, bony, anorexic weirdos .

[WELSHYORKIE]

Black, white, yellow, pink, who gives a monkeys what colour they are? A beautiful woman is a beautiful woman. A beautiful woman with a decent set of accoutrements is even more beautiful - lol

[RATTER15]

What a load of Tosh!!! if anything I would be more likely to say beautiful oriental Women are few and far between. But that's just my opinion/personal preference, of which we are all entitled.

Generally there is beauty in all people, it just isn't so obvious in some.

[dave50]

Whatever the merits of the study, it's nothing to do with racism, why do people jump on this bandwagon whenever they hear something they disagree with?

[RATTER15]

So are some white races more attractive than other? maybe!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-J9ZpQYW8s

[Sqad]

<<<<white, Asian, black and native American men and women who were asked to rate each other’s attractiveness based on photographs.>>>>

Clearly . there is no racial or sexual bias in the study.

<<<Black women scored lowest, Asian highest.>>>

Fact, based on the trial which one presumes was properly conducted.

"Testosterone levels were fond to be higher in black women"......FACT based on the trial.

Conclusions from the trial:

1) Black women are physically less attractive than other races.
2) Black women have higher levels of testosterone than other races.

I can't see the problem here.

[flip_flop]

One's perception of physical beauty is completely subjective.

I have never found oriental women attractive.
Likewise black women.

I can objectively see they are attractive, but subjectively I do not find them attractive.

I find Indian women very attractive.

My preferences are Indian, Latino and white. Bit that's all they are - preferences. It doesn't mean black and oriental women aren't attractive per se.

Bit of a pointless study.

[joggerjayne]

I think oriental women are the most beautiful race. They have such delicate features.