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It works that way in real life too! – Why do so many beautiful women marry unattractive men? Maybe it’s because they’re marrying Dad. Research shows that these couples actually work out better than a marriage between two good-looking people. Psychologists advise women seeking a mate to look for a guy who is a little less attractive than they are because new research shows that couples in which the wife is better looking than her husband are more positive and supportive.
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It may be a relief for some of us to know that beauty is not judged by physical attributes alone. Researchers have discovered that when someone knows you, they may consider you beautiful even if, by objective standards, you’re not. And women choose husbands who look like their dads, especially if he was a nice guy. Shaoni Bhattacharya writes in New Scientist that women are “imprinted” by their fathers. Imprinting is a fast form of learning. Some animals, like ducklings, bond with the first object they see and will follow another type of animal around, thinking it’s “Mom.” An “unexpected” finding, says researcher Glenn Weisfeld, is that women who say their fathers are emotionally warm are much more likely to have a husband who looks like Dad.
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