Pretty Boy Swag

Based on a study of a “few dozen” college students and a spooky artificial face, psychologists have determined that women are drawn to girly-looking men.

“In female faces, what males typically want is the shape to be feminine and the reflectance to be feminine,” said [psychologist Christopher] Said. He gave the examples of plump lips and wide eyes. “For male faces, women want the reflectance to be masculine” — swarthier skin, “but the shape to be feminine.”

Or it could just be that college women are still affected by their nonthreatening-manboy crushes from high school/elementary school. Who knows. For whatever reason, this reminds me of my biggest fantasy in elementary school, which was that I’d wake up in the middle of the night to find the boy I had a crush on hanging off my window sill, about to fall, so I’d pull him in and save his life. I don’t wish for that now.