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Global Study Finds Women’s Faces Rated More Attractive Than Men’s

6/10/2026

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Max Planck Institute reported a meta-analysis of ~28,500 participants found women’s faces rated more attractive than men’s.
The analysis pooled over 1.5 million ratings from 52 studies across 76 countries.
Both male and female raters gave higher scores to women’s faces, while men’s faces received similarly low scores.
The gap narrowed for elderly and African-descent faces, while researchers linked part of it to rounder female versus angular male facial structures.

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Max Planck Institute reported a meta-analysis of ~28,500 participants found women’s faces rated more attractive than men’s.
The analysis pooled over 1.5 million ratings from 52 studies across 76 countries.
Both male and female raters gave higher scores to women’s faces, while men’s faces received similarly low scores.
The gap narrowed for elderly and African-descent faces, while researchers linked part of it to rounder female versus angular male facial structures.