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<strong>Neoteny</strong> is the retention of juvenile features in adulthood. In humans female show significantly greater neoteny than males. The more attractive a woman is the higher neoteny she will generally have. |
<strong>Neoteny</strong> is the retention of juvenile features in adulthood. In humans female show significantly greater neoteny than males. The more attractive a woman is the higher neoteny she will generally have. |
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| + | Neoteny is not to be confused with feigned or manufactured neoteny which relies not on evolutionary endowment but on the use of artifice: eg; cosmetics, fashions, plastic surgery, and mimicking of childlike appearances and gestures.<ref>Wright, P., How to feign neoteny: an instruction manual for women (2018)</ref> |
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| + | ==See also== |
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| + | *[https://gynocentrism.com/2018/07/06/how-to-feign-neoteny-an-instruction-manual-for-women/ How to feign neoteny: an instruction manual for women] |
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| + | *[https://gynocentrism.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/childlekeness-teaching-for-women.pdf Fascinating Womanhood: Childlikeness Teaching For Women (1965)] |
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| + | ==References== |
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Revision as of 12:06, 24 December 2022
Neoteny is the retention of juvenile features in adulthood. In humans female show significantly greater neoteny than males. The more attractive a woman is the higher neoteny she will generally have.
Neoteny is not to be confused with feigned or manufactured neoteny which relies not on evolutionary endowment but on the use of artifice: eg; cosmetics, fashions, plastic surgery, and mimicking of childlike appearances and gestures.[1]
See also
- How to feign neoteny: an instruction manual for women
- Fascinating Womanhood: Childlikeness Teaching For Women (1965)
References
- ↑ Wright, P., How to feign neoteny: an instruction manual for women (2018)