White men are drawn to the facial features of Asian women, scientists reveal. During the study, the researchers found that white people tend to choose other races when asked to rate which faces they find most attractive.
Men and women aged between 18 and 30 were shown 600 faces of the opposite sex and asked to grade them for attractiveness.
The women tended to go for black male faces, followed by white and then Asian.
Men plumped for Asian women, followed by white, then black.
The Department of Psychology at Cardiff University, which carried out the study, said that the results of their research are reflected in society.
Government figures show around one-and-a-half times more black men marrying white women than the other way around in the UK.
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"It will come as no surprise to many that facial attractiveness makes up part of the decision of who we marry," the Daily Mail quoted Michael Lewis, the study leader as saying.
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"In the past more measurable features such as wealth, status and fertility have been considered more important in how we choose out partners.
"Our study matches the same patterns observed in the Government's data on marriage," he added.
Source-ANI