Neoteny
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Neoteny is the retention of juvenile features in adulthood. In humans, females show significantly greater neoteny than males. The more attractive a woman is the higher neoteny she will generally have.
Some research suggests that women's brains are more neotenous than men's brains.[1]
Neoteny is not to be confused with feigned or manufactured neoteny which relies not on biological endowment but on the use of artifice to create a juvenile appearance: eg; cosmetics, fashions, plastic surgery, and mimicking of childlike appearances and gestures.[2] Feigned neoteny is said to be more powerful in eliciting responses from observers than is natural neoteny, and has been referred to in this regard as a supernormal sign stimulus.[3]
See Also
External Links
- How to feign neoteny: an instruction manual for women
- Fascinating Womanhood: Childlikeness Teaching For Women (1965)
References
- ↑ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6386682/
- ↑ Wright, P., How to feign neoteny: an instruction manual for women (2018)
- ↑ Elam, P. & Wright, P., Chasing The Dragon: Understanding Superstimuli (2016)