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Kid's Looks May Affect Mom's Love: Study

Women more likely than men to look away from ugly babies

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(Newser) – A mother’s love may be “determined by facial attractiveness,” a new study suggests in finding that women were more likely than men to avert their gaze from an unattractive baby. Researchers showed men and women photos of normal and abnormal infants; men and women gave equal attractiveness ratings to the abnormal babies, but women tried harder not to look at the less-cute pictures, HealthDay News reports.

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A baby's "facial attractiveness" may affect a mother's love, a study suggests.   (Shutterstock)
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Unaffiliated
Jun 24, 09 1:08 PM CDT
Note that the women in this study were not the mothers of the children. There's nothing to suggest that mothers find babies with facial deformities less desirable. The study only suggests *women* found babies with facial deformities less desirable. Reply
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Deebles
Jun 24, 09 1:09 PM CDT
I have a theory that everything in life can be reduced to a Seinfeld episode----you have to look at the baaabee. Reply
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JonmarkP
Jun 24, 09 6:16 PM CDT
What about when the kid is screwed up by how ugly the mother is? Barbara Bush, for example. Reply
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