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The Ideal Husband Science now might be able to explain womens fascination with Brad Pitts face and George Clooneys eyes. Women seem to 1 potential mates by how masculine their features are, new research shows. Men with square jaws and well-defined brow ridges are seen as good short-term partners, 2 those with more feminine traits such as a rounder face and fuller lips are perceived as better long-term mates. In the study by Daniel Kruger at the USs University of Michigan, 854 subjects viewed a series of3 head shots that had been digitally changed to exaggerate or minimize masculine traits They then4 questions about how they expected the men in the photos to behave. Most participants said that those with more masculine features were 5 to be risky, competitive, and more apt to fight, challenge bosses, cheat on spouses and put less effort into parenting. Those with more feminine 6were seen as good parents and husbands, hard workers and emotionally supportive mates. But, despite all the negative characteristics, when asked who they would choose for a short-term relationship, women selected the more masculine 7 men. Brad and George, both chiseled jaws and well-defined brows, then would be good for a 8 romance, not for something longer. The study was published in the December issue of the US journal Personal Relationships. Kruger said that from an evolutionary perspective, this 9 sense. The key is testosterone, the hormone responsible 10 the development of masculine facial features and other sexual characteristics. It has been found to affect the bodys ability to fight disease: men with high levels of the hormone are typically 11 and healthytraits women want to pass on to their children. | 
