Women who think they are good-looking are especially attentive to symmetry, and consistently choose a more symmetrical male face as more attractive. Women who rate themselves as either ‘average’ or ‘below average’ in looks are much less discriminating; they prefer symmetry, but aren’t as picky as women who think they are ‘above average’.29 When women were asked to rate the female faces that varied in symmetry, none of these effects was found: those who considered themselves attractive and those that didn’t were equally discriminating amongst female faces.
