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?

[whiskeryron]

//Black women are uglier than whites, Asians, Native Americans...FACT
Satoshi Kanazawa //
How anyone can be so rude & unfeeling is beyond me. I regard the whole of the human race as being beautiful, I once new a woman who was facially disfigured & she was one of the most beautiful women I have ever known because she was so elegant & couldn't do enough to help other people ( she was black by the way) Ron.

[andy-hughes]

It does make you wonder how people obtain funding to carry out this research - if there is a 'point' to it, i find it hard to find.

Of course beauty is subjective. Having worked with a lot of photographers, i have learned to see how an apparently unexceptional woman can look utterly stunning when photogrphed.

A great exmple is Danielle Lloyd - in person I thinik she is actually plain, and would not glance twice if i passed her in the street. On photographs she is absolutely gorgeous!

Just goes to show - we all see everything and everyone differently, and amen to that.

[NOX]

Apart from being rude, inaccurate, unmeasureable and stupid there is more to beauty than the physical- there is the expression of the personality and the soul on the person's face- a kind expersiojn on an ugly face adds beauty- a sour expression on a beautiful face just tells you to steer clear.

[rowanwitch]

Haile Berry

[cazzz1975]

I agree nox, we live in a society where more increasingly a persons worth is valued on their appearance alone.

[Answerprancer]

...then they get banned ;-)

[andy-hughes]

Hi doc

Airbrushing plays a part, but you can't polish poo, as the saying goes.

Models like DL have features that simply suit photograhs - yes they can be embelished with make-up and lights, but the photogenic features have to be there to begin with.

You couldn;t make Fiona Phillips or 'Doctor' (snigger!) Gillian Mckeith look good with any amount of technology!

[anotheoldgit]

Andy you state

/// i have learned to see how an apparently unexceptional woman can look utterly stunning when photogrphed. ///

Then what have you got against these two Andy?

http://www.virginmedi..._phillips-290x400.jpg

http://www.malextra.c...llian-mckeith-new.jpg

[andy-hughes]

AOG - I think because in my view, they are not attractive people - both are of limited ability and unlimited ego and self-importance - I find it hard to see any attraction in them - no matter how hard the make-up and lightging people have tried.

[ludwig]

His findings also state that white men are uglier than black men. Why aren't you querying that one that sp1814?

Seriously, it's just a scientific game isn't it - there's a model of 'attractiveness' based on things like facial symmetry and how big your eyes are etc, and he's just fed a load of stats into a computer and found that more white women match the model than black ones.

It's a pointless and stupid thing to do, but who cares?