Editing Interpersonal attraction (section)

=== Physical attractiveness ===
{{Main|Physical attractiveness}}{{see also|Physical attractiveness stereotype}}

[[Physical attractiveness]] is the perception of the physical traits of an individual human person as pleasing or [[beauty|beautiful]]. It can include various implications, such as [[sexual attractiveness]], [[cuteness]], [[Interpersonal attraction#Similarity (like-attracts-like)|similarity]] and [[physical attractiveness|physique]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Aumeboonsuke|first=Vesarach|date=2018-02-26|title=The Interrelations among Self-efficacy, Happiness, Individual Values, and Attractiveness Promoting Behavior|journal=Asian Social Science|volume=14|issue=3|pages=37|doi=10.5539/ass.v14n3p37|issn=1911-2025|doi-access=free}}</ref>

Judgment of attractiveness of physical traits is partly universal to all human cultures, partly dependent on culture or [[society]] or time period, partly biological, and partly subjective and individual.<ref>{{cite journal| doi = 10.1037/0096-1523.32.2.199| pmid = 16634665| url = http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/hsw/psychologie/professuren/allpsy2/Artikel/JEPHPP_2006.pdf| title = Once more: Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? Relative contributions of private and shared taste to judgments of facial attractiveness| journal = Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance| volume = 32| issue = 2| pages = 199–209| year = 2006| last1 = Hönekopp| first1 = Johannes| access-date = 2010-07-02| archive-date = 2012-09-23| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120923200935/http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/hsw/psychologie/professuren/allpsy2/Artikel/JEPHPP_2006.pdf| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="cognitive_emotions_1989">{{cite book|last=Ortony|first=Andrew|author2=Gerald L. Clore|author3=Allan Collins|title=The Cognitive Structure of Emotions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dA3JEEAp6TsC&q=attraction+emotion&pg=PA68|year=1989|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|isbn=978-0-521-38664-7|page=59|doi=10.2307/2074241|jstor=2074241|access-date=2021-09-25|archive-date=2022-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125080046/https://books.google.com/books?id=dA3JEEAp6TsC&q=attraction+emotion&pg=PA68|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Review_Ortony_1989">{{cite journal |title=Review of 'The Cognitive Structure of Emotions' by Andrew Ortony, Gerald L. Clore and Allan Collins |first=B. N. |last=Colby |journal=Contemporary Sociology |volume=18 |number=6 |date=November 1989 |pages=957–958 |publisher=[[American Sociological Association]] |jstor=2074241 |doi=10.2307/2074241 |url=https://escholarship.org/content/qt1p81k62k/qt1p81k62k.pdf?t=ov3bph |access-date=2021-09-25 |archive-date=2022-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125080045/https://escholarship.org/content/qt1p81k62k/qt1p81k62k.pdf?t=ov3bph |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to a study determining the golden ratio for facial beauty, the most attractive face is one with average distances between facial features, and an average length and width of the face itself.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Pallett|first1=Pamela|last2=Link|first2=Stephen|last3=Lee|first3=Kang|date=November 6, 2009|title=New "Golden" Ratios for Facial Beauty|journal=Vision Research|volume=50|issue=2|pages=149–154|doi=10.1016/j.visres.2009.11.003|pmc=2814183|pmid=19896961}}</ref> Facial attractiveness, or [[beauty]], can also be determined by symmetry. If a face is asymmetrical, this can indicate unhealthy genetic information. Therefore, if a face is symmetrical (see [[facial symmetry]]), healthy genetic information is implied. People will judge potential mates based on the physical expression of the genetic health, which is their apparent attractiveness.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Jones|first1=B.C.|last2=Little|first2=A.C.|last3=Penton-Voak|first3=I.S.|last4=Tiddeman|first4=B.P.|last5=Burt|first5=D.M.|last6=Perrett|first6=D.I.|date=November 2001|title=Facial symmetry and judgements of apparent health: Support for a "good genes" explanation of the attractiveness–symmetry relationship|journal=Evolution and Human Behavior|volume=22|issue=6|pages=417–420|doi=10.1016/S1090-5138(01)00083-6|bibcode=2001EHumB..22..417J }}</ref> This supports the good genes theory, which indicates that attractiveness is seen as a way to ensure that offspring will have the healthiest genes and therefore the best chance of survival. Certain traits that indicate good genes (such as clear skin or facial symmetry) are seen as desirable when choosing a partner.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Good genes hypothesis|url=https://www.britannica.com/science/good-genes-hypothesis|access-date=June 5, 2018|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|archive-date=May 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523180854/https://www.britannica.com/science/good-genes-hypothesis|url-status=live}}</ref>