link | Submitted by Not From Twisty's on Sat, 11/03/2007 - 15:44.
Erik, can you please EXPLAIN what sort of cheekbone expansion is masculine and what is feminine? It's killing me. It seems to me that linear cheekbone growth is masculine but curvature/ horizontal protuberance is feminine. You seem to say that female cheekbones appear more prominent but actually are not because of less growth of the female jaw? So male cheekbones grow (linearly) outwards more but look less bulbous? So a gender confused (ie a masculinized woman/ feminized man/ hypogonadal person's) cheekbones would combine the sheer growth of the male with the prominence of the female, is that what you are saying...a combination of two developmental programmes a la Steven Jay Gould? Again, I already suggested to you that female cheekbones grow more in some ways, and you seemed to think you had refuted this (you even provided me with the same diagram I was using to prove to you that female cheekbones are more prominant? Canyou specify some facial neotenous trends that are on average associated with maleness? Be specific, please.
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Erik, can you please EXPLAIN what sort of cheekbone expansion is masculine and what is feminine? It's killing me. It seems to me that linear cheekbone growth is masculine but curvature/ horizontal protuberance is feminine. You seem to say that female cheekbones appear more prominent but actually are not because of less growth of the female jaw? So male cheekbones grow (linearly) outwards more but look less bulbous? So a gender confused (ie a masculinized woman/ feminized man/ hypogonadal person's) cheekbones would combine the sheer growth of the male with the prominence of the female, is that what you are saying...a combination of two developmental programmes a la Steven Jay Gould? Again, I already suggested to you that female cheekbones grow more in some ways, and you seemed to think you had refuted this (you even provided me with the same diagram I was using to prove to you that female cheekbones are more prominant? Canyou specify some facial neotenous trends that are on average associated with maleness? Be specific, please.