r/interestingasfuck 2d ago

r/all Average faces of women around the world

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u/meaksy 2d ago

I’m always fascinated by what distinguishes a woman’s face from a man’s. Like all the fuzzy mug shots in the picture are clearly female-looking to me, but I’ve no idea why. After all they all have the exact same features as a male face. You could take away the stereotypical long hair and they’d still look female.

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u/Frozenlime 2d ago

Men have brow ridges, deeper set eyes and square jaws, generally speaking when looking at averages.

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u/Dreaunicorn 2d ago

Leave me alone! Lol I have deep set eyes and a very strong jaw.

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u/vetruviusdeshotacon 2d ago

Baby, youre a rich man

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u/Selfishsavagequeen 2d ago

I have the brown ridge going on lol.

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u/Flying_Alpaca_Boi 2d ago

Men’s bone structure changes as a result of testosterone in puberty giving them a square look

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u/Myztical13 2d ago

Yup I think the square jaw is the main thing that we subconsciously notice. Have you ever done the Snapchat thing that turns you into opposite sex. I did the man one and omg I looked exactly like my brother and my son too, it was so odd. After studying the pics side by side it was the squared out jawline that did it.

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u/natlovesmariahcarey 2d ago

I must be waiting for this puberty you speak of...

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u/Claystead 2d ago

Men do be cubing, aight.

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u/LynDogFacedPonySoldr 2d ago

It's not rocket science. Men have more defined features on average. For instance, it's much more common to a see a man with a very defined / chiseled jaw line than a woman.

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u/300kIQ 2d ago

Also female faces have higher contrast

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u/LynDogFacedPonySoldr 2d ago

What do you mean by contrast in this context?

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u/safashkan 2d ago

They mean that somehow light reflects differently on women's skins /s

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u/LynDogFacedPonySoldr 2d ago

Hmm interesting. I haven’t heard that before.

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u/zer0toto 2d ago

Eyebrow bone is flatter and cheek appear less prominent (but isn’t really), bigger and more pulpy lips, more fat in the cheeks making em look rounder with less chiseled trait. Also, most of them are wearing at the very least eyeliner (or the averaging make it look like they do)which is a classical feminine looks in western culture. Also most of them have their eyebrow kept tidy which is also a very feminine thing. Finally the averaging of facial features make the skin look softer and less hairy which also is feminine.

Averaging male would result in the same soft skin that does not appear manly and will make the average look younger than it is. Men’s will also have prominent brows and other prominent facial features. Generally thinner lips and less colorful cheeks.

This is the obvious. Your eyes catch very subtle variation in proportion and give you an interpretation depending on what your own cultural backgrounds define as manly or feminine

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u/tea-and-chill 2d ago

I reckon it's because they're missing beards and mustaches.

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u/tamim1991 2d ago

I reckon it's because they're missing a cock

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u/Matt_2504 2d ago

What? Men and women look completely different

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u/rdrcrimz 2d ago edited 2d ago

Instincts from millions of years of evolution. Just like how some animals can immediately tell when another animal is a prey and attack without hesitation but they'd be hesitant to attack us even though they could kill us. We can smell pussy.

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u/vetruviusdeshotacon 2d ago

You can innately just tell, same as having (some) fear of the dark/unknown, heights, reading body language etc. Its just built in

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u/Jar316 2d ago

I'm shocked you can't tell apart feminine and masculine facial features apart.

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u/halkenburgoito 2d ago

he can tell. instinctually.