Female faces received significantly higher attractiveness ratings than male faces, an effect size that the authors describe as medium to large. That difference held across both same-sex and ...

Female faces are regarded as more attractive than male ones, a large study involving 12,000 people around the world has found. Surprisingly, women are even more likely than men to rate other women ...

Studies show that male and female raters rated women’s faces with makeup as more attractive. A new study found that male faces were rated higher in attractiveness when presented as wearing makeup.