EmeraldHope
The Living Force
I was thinking today about the fact that psychopaths seem to attract women, have tons of sex, and breed quite often. So I wondered if perhaps that psychopaths were more attractive in some subconscious way physically than non-psychopathic males. One of the ways of determining if someone is physically attractive is by facial and body symmetry. So I started digging.
Here is the first reference I have found thus far. If I am out in left field, someone stop me. If anyone has more to add here please do. I did a search here for symmetry and did not find anything yet.
http://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/2/2/1081/pdf
Here is the first reference I have found thus far. If I am out in left field, someone stop me. If anyone has more to add here please do. I did a search here for symmetry and did not find anything yet.
http://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/2/2/1081/pdf
2.14. Emotional and Psychological Health
Evolutionary theory based research shows that individuals want mates who are healthy.
Consequently, facial and bodily characteristics that index health and fitness are used to determine
whether or not an individual is attractive [15,16,99]. As mentioned previously, since developmental
stability can indicate fitness, it is given considerable attention. Thus, symmetry is also related to
psychological and emotional health. Psychopathic individuals have greater symmetry than nonpsychopathic individuals [152,153]. This finding may occur because symmetry is related to masculinity [110] and masculinity is a product of testosterone.
Too much testosterone can lead to a perception of over masculinization which is perceived as threatening and unfriendly and is associated
with behavioral problems like excessive aggression [154,155]. Also, symmetry is associated with
higher scores on self-report measures of psychological and emotional distress [101]. Developmentally
stable, i.e., symmetrical, individuals have better psychological and emotional health.