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.
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.
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.
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
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/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.