I dislike conclusions about human behavior based on statistics unless the conclusion comes with information about the amount and distribution of the tendency.
It’s obvious that some people like exoticism in their sexual partners, though perhaps they still want some of the subtle similarities like distance between the eyes.
It wouldn’t surprise me if there’s a pull in both directions, with a minority preferring partners who look different from themselves.
For my own part, I’ve noticed that most of the people I know prefer that their sexual partners be far more dissimilar to them than I do, at least when it comes to secondary sexual characteristics. Of course, I realize that’s not what anyone means when they talk about partners looking or being similar. But it suggests that the issue is more complicated than a simple similarity metric would take into account.
I dislike conclusions about human behavior based on statistics unless the conclusion comes with information about the amount and distribution of the tendency.
It’s obvious that some people like exoticism in their sexual partners, though perhaps they still want some of the subtle similarities like distance between the eyes.
It wouldn’t surprise me if there’s a pull in both directions, with a minority preferring partners who look different from themselves.
For my own part, I’ve noticed that most of the people I know prefer that their sexual partners be far more dissimilar to them than I do, at least when it comes to secondary sexual characteristics. Of course, I realize that’s not what anyone means when they talk about partners looking or being similar. But it suggests that the issue is more complicated than a simple similarity metric would take into account.