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This explains why I'm butch and ugly

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5011730.stmI read this article and it definitely seems to apply to me. Anyone like to comment on their thoughts?

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Reply 1

goodmen

erm..its a theory based on an internet rating site. Dont think so

Reply 2

Jennybean

I'm sure you're NOT butch and ugly but that is SO interesting...

Reply 3

Helenia

Well, my family is entirely stable and normal. And I'm still a rather masculine looking troll-child. C'est la vie.

Reply 4

gracie88

Probably explains me too... god how i hate photos of myself.

Reply 5

scribble_girl

That really is interesting...
[bet you're not :p:

]

Makes me wonder though, now I think about it, there is a bit of a trend. And I suppose it makes sense, upped testosterone and whatnot... I wouldn't call it fact but it's an interesting link :smile:

Reply 6

Trigger

theres no ****ing hope for me then

Reply 7

Anonymous #1

Don't put yourself in to groups, i.e ugly etc. And i'm sure your not butch and ugly.

Reply 8

FoeGeddaBowDeet

it's all genetics(oh and stress KILLINGS your DNA if your a woman)

Reply 9

TreversIsGay

no.

negligible difference anyway - you get hot girls and from broken homes just as amply...

Reply 10

Anonymous #2

Helenia

Well, my family is entirely stable and normal. And I'm still a rather masculine looking troll-child. C'est la vie.

You're really sexy :love:

Reply 11

LipGloss

HenvY

it's all genetics(oh and stress KILLINGS your DNA if your a woman)

Either way, it means I can blame my parents for my dreadful appearance and my abysmal love life. :p:

Reply 12

pikaboo

Anonymous

You're really sexy :love:

You realise mods can see straight through anon? lol

Reply 13

xjes7obax

Interesting... :smile:

I often wonder how people come up with the idea of doing this kind of research.

I technically fit into that category but I wonder, could one change that? I don't feel butch nor ugly, lol, I certainly have a feminine figure (I likes my hourglass :p:

). However my homelife would prolly only be seen as 'broken' till I was about 12/13. After that it was still separated but good. Could I have crammed in some added oestrogen in the last 5yrs?! I do remember being a lot more of a tomboy before and generally more masculine, and then became more feminine - but naturally I attribute that to puberty.

Hm. Anyways. :rolleyes:

Reply 14

FyreFight

I'm sure you're NOT butch and ugly but that is SO interesting...

bet you're not

And i'm sure your not butch and ugly.

If she says she's butch and ugly and hasn't posted a picture of herself, then she's probably butch and ugly.

Reply 15

khil

Didn't read the whole article, but I suppose the logic behind it might be this:
Because girls from a harsher background needs to fight more for survival/emotional survival and more competition etc, or they may feel more aggressive cus life's been hard, which in turns make them competitive in order to survive the harshness - therefore testosterone level increases (the more testosterone, the more competitive, hence men are usually more competitive than women) - and the increase in T. level in turns make the girls look more masculine. And the more masculine they look, they more unattractive they would generally seem to the majority.

It makes sense, biologically-speaking. It's just nature-nurture. And I'm sure it's not all nurture, cus you're gonna look just as feminine if your genes dictate it that way, really. I know girls who look very feminine, very attractive and they're from homes where the parents have separated or harsh family backgrounds.