# What is the scientific explanation for why caucasian features are “objectively” the best looking?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-scientific-explanation-for-why-caucasian-features-are-objectively-the-best-looking/697145>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 1, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-scientific-explanation-for-why-caucasian-features-are-objectively-the-best-looking/697145 "2014-09-01T13:45:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 3

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-scientific-explanation-for-why-caucasian-features-are-objectively-the-best-looking/697145/41 "2014-09-05T08:40:17Z")

</div>

> [@TriPolar](#):
>
> One theory would say that men are less likely to wear makeup that makes their lips look like their vulva.

I’d say it’s a very, very small subset of men who need to worry about anything looking like their vulva.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![slowlearner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@slowlearner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slowlearner)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-scientific-explanation-for-why-caucasian-features-are-objectively-the-best-looking/697145/42 "2014-09-12T01:13:00Z")

</div>

Lucy Liu.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-scientific-explanation-for-why-caucasian-features-are-objectively-the-best-looking/697145/43 "2014-09-12T02:30:33Z")

</div>

> [@slowlearner](#):
>
> Lucy Liu.

Am I the only one that found that apparent non sequitur friggin’ hilarious for some weird reason?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-scientific-explanation-for-why-caucasian-features-are-objectively-the-best-looking/697145/44 "2014-09-12T03:01:45Z")

</div>

> [@voltaire](#):
>
> Am I the only one that found that apparent non sequitur friggin’ hilarious for some weird reason?

Naw. I’m gonna to throw it in the quarry.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-scientific-explanation-for-why-caucasian-features-are-objectively-the-best-looking/697145.md?page=2)