July 2, 1999
Menstrual Cycles Affect How Women View Facial Features in Men, Study Says
The facial features in men that women consider attractive vary according to the timing of their menstrual cycles.
In a paper published in the June 24 issue of Nature, scientists from Britain and Japan reported that a study they had conducted showed that women tended to prefer more-masculine faces when they were in the middle of their menstrual cycles, a time when they were most likely to conceive. Conversely,
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