Title: Medial canthal tilt and attractiveness
Headings: Medial canthal tilt and attractiveness
Medial canthal tilt and attractiveness
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Content: Each slide was shown for 3 seconds. The data from 7 judges were excluded because one judge recognized a face, 3 judges figured out that the study was about eye alteration and 3 judges were not able to judge all the slides. Increased medial canthal tilt was preferred 93% of the time (p < 0.0001), with no difference between male and female judges. What explains this preference? Consider the following diagrams first, which show how medial canthal tilt and palpebral fissure inclination are measured, respectively. Medial canthal tilt: the angle between a horizontal line passing through the lowest point of the medial canthus and a line bisecting the medial caruncle at its lateral end. Palpebral fissure inclination: the angle between a horizontal line passing through the lowest point of the medial canthus and a line bisecting the lateral canthus. The authors speculated that part of the reason why greater medial canthal tilt in women is preferred is that the palpebral fissure inclination is slightly greater in women than men and greater in children than in adults, and increased medial canthal tilt appears to suggest greater palpebral fissure inclination, i.e., an accentuation of femininity and neoteny.