However, compared to women, men
reported physical attractiveness was more important and were more likely to mistakenly overestimate sexual interest from another person.
This is the focus of a new
report [published in the Australian Journal of Education] from researchers at the University of New England, which looks at different types of potential bias in grading including gender, race and
physical attractiveness.
However, although forming composite scores is appealing on theoretical grounds [e.g., for healthiness and
attractiveness (25)-RSB-, some of the attributes aggregated into these composites showed low internal consistencies, especially in the
physical appearance domain (α = 0.10 for
reported preference and 0.33 for self - perception; internal consistencies of the composites were not
reported by Buston and Emlen).