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    Big Chin? Better Sex? The Science Of Love And Infidelity
    By Heidi Henderson | February 2nd 2009 02:26 PM | 8 comments | Print | E-mail | Track Comments
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    If you have not already chosen your new love, researchers suggest you stay away from those with big chins as they have a tendency to cheat. Researchers from four universities across the US and Canada prodded into the sexual habits of chinny and relatively chin-less females to determine these results.

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    idding? No, they’ve published in the journal Personality And Individual Differences, so it must be true. Larger chins, especially on adult females, are associated with the male growth hormone testosterone and too much of that bad boy can lead to messing around. It seems on an subconscious level men sense this trend and are biased against a more masculine chin. Well, most men. Brad Pitt, quite famously, does prefer women with a strong jawline. Given that his preference might skew the results, I suspect he wasn't included in the study.




    The findings are important in demonstrating that perceptions of women as desirable and trustworthy long-term mates can be reliably gleaned by men from viewing only the women's facial features.
    "Results suggest that information about women's sexual unrestrictedness, which is related to their risk of infidelity, can potentially be conveyed by the masculinity of women's faces."

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    ogwash you say? Perhaps you are already hooked up with said chin-cheater? Well, they may cheat, but you may also have found a sexual goldmine. Women (and perhaps men) with larger chins are also more sexually assertive and perhaps better in bed.

    Perhaps Brad is onto something. Bring on the chocolate and the chins I say. Everyday is Valentine's Day!

    Comments

    Hank
    Kidding? No, they’ve published in the journal Personality And Individual Differences, so it must be true.
    Bwa ha ha.   And I can't be sure but I think you may have set some sort of record for total punctuaction in one title.   :)
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    Stellare
    I love the punctuation in the title, but I miss a grande finale! ;-)

    And who come up with these kind of ideas - the chin idea, I mean? Somebody smoked a wee little bit too much weed - at work? In any case, it is so wild it is in fact entertaining. :-)
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    Becky Jungbauer
    What about men with big chins?
    I'm definitely looking for someone with a big chin. Infidelity is rampant but good sex is rare. Great writing Huntress.

    I never thought I would be discussing this but here goes...In the light of this thread, I have noticed the mandible of the average female in young adult advertising is increasing.

    This article is hilarious! I can't seem to think of the idea of choosing people through their chins. :)

    The Stand-Up Physicist
    A little infidelity is good since no one can say if a guy is firing blanks. To make the study rigorous, they would need to get the DNA from mom, dad, and the kids to see how often dad is not really dad. I think the rate is between 5-10% in most cultures, chin or no chin. Having a big chin leads to sin!
    This is absolute nonsense. Chin is genetic trait which is related to human genotype. Some people can have as much testosterone as they like they still would have small chins and sometimes situation is other way around. It's explained more detailed here: http://humantypes.org/