>>15413341FAQ
> Anon, then why are asian women often rated as more attractive, on average, than white women?Because they are. They tend to be more neotenous. Neoteny, child-like features, are considered attractive. That is consistent with many, many other aspects, such as levels of estrogen.
> But anon, many asians have narrow eyes and people in anime have big, ROUND eyes!Yes, because round eyes are more neotenous. In that respect, anime characters deviate from asians, even if their proportions might match more in other regards, as opposed to Europeans.
> But anon, why would asians be attracted to physical characteristics that they do not posses?Because some markers of fertility are that universal. That is why men, even of OTHER races, are attracted to many of the same features and consistently rate women of certain ethnicities as more attractive than others.
TLDR: Anime depicts what is beautiful. The discrepancy with real life is DESPITE of it, not BECAUSE of it. Europeans happen to match some characteristics of beauty and asians match others. Anime combines both.
Kanazawa, Satoshi. “Why Are Black Women Less Physically Attractive than Other Women.” The Scientific Fundamentalist, 2011.
