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I'm heterosexual and preferred the women on the right too, and I agree they look more engaging and happy.

I'm fairly surprised that the actual results were so skewed. And my wife's feelings are hurt because I tell her she's attractive and now she knows my taste is abnormal.

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Same here. Actually, I'd say it's quite a compliment. Abnormal just means that you don't have typical tastes in beauty, so it means her beauty is of special kind.

I found the first girl on the right definitely more attractive, but I generally find slightly more masculine looking women more attractive, even though I'm quite heterosexual. I guess most men just like more feminine looking women because of some kind of dominance instinct. (Though it could also just be a flawed study, a statistical fluke of some sort.)

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