According to [1], beautiful parents are 36 percent more likely to have a daughter than a son. Hence, beautiful women are easier to find than attractive men. The hypothesized reason for this statistical result is that "evolutionarily speaking, beauty is a trait that is more valuable for women than for men". Selection pressure hence gives the beautiful parents pretty girls.
Similar results apply to parents working in "empathic" occupations such as nurses, social workers and kindergarten teachers. On the other hand scientists, mathematicians and engineers are more likely to have sons than daughters.
Did anyone say politically incorrect?
[1] Why Do Beautiful Women Sometimes Marry Unattractive Men?
No comments:
Post a Comment