Agreement and individual differences in men’s preferences for women’s facial characteristics

Much of the work on the importance of facial attractiveness judgments in human sexual behavior has focused on women’s preferences for characteristics in men’s faces that are thought to be associated with health, personality, and/or status. However, a large body of evidence now suggests that preferences for characteristics in women’s faces influence men’s mate preferences. This chapter will review some of this research, focusing on (1) the role of facial cues associated with health and fertility in men’s judgments of women’s facial attractiveness and (2) some recent examples of systematic variation in the strength of men’s preferences for these cues