Study Says Mens' Faces Show Just How Likely They Are to Cheat

 What can you know about someone from their photo?

Do men and women see things differently? How?

New research says that a woman can know if a man will cheat on her before she even speaks to him.

In the study 293 men and 472 women looked at pictures of women and men. They rated them on a scale of one to 10 for how likely they thought each person was to cheat. Researchers found that both men and women were able to identify men with a history of cheating from the photos.

Strong male faces are connected with cheating 

The people in the photos had already been honest about their past cheating actions. Their photos had also already been rated for attractiveness, not being able to trust and how strongly female or strongly male they looked.

The results showed that both men and women gave higher scores to the photos of men who had been cheating. However, there was no discernible connection between the high-rating of women's photos and their cheating. The scientists suggested a few possible reasons why the men's faces might make it easier to see them as cheaters. One key thing is how strongly his face appears to be male. The researchers suggest that women are careful of men with strong male features such as a strong eyebrow line, strong jaw and thinner lips as this makes them more likely to cheat.

The researchers say the results are not strong and that we should not judge a book by its cover alone.

The research team said they were surprised that it men could not see which women were likely to cheat from the photos.

But one thing to think about is that women may not answer honestly. Another recent study may also help shed some light on this story.

According to the research men with beards appear more angry and emotional than clean-shaven men. The study asked people to quickly look at a random set of photos. The photos showed men in four different ways; clean-shaven and looking happy; clean-shaven and looking angry; bearded and looking happy; and bearded and looking angry.

The study found people were much quicker to see anger in the bearded men than the non-bearded men. In another survey the bearded men were rated more highly for being social when they were smiling than smiling non-bearded men. All this information needs more research. But it seems there are some interesting connections between strong male faces and our first impressions of people.

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