Why are facial features so important when choosing a partner?

Question

Why are facial features so important when choosing a partner?

Answer 1

it's not always....i only look at women's legs and up their skirts

Answer 2

I didn't know that they were important...sorry.

Answer 3

because human are visual animals. We choose partners who look presentable and who can make us feel comfortable.

Answer 4

Well because who wants to spend their life looking at someone that they think is ugly?  I mean come on be honest.  A good personality is essential but people of this day and age are pretty darn shallow.  Just because they don't admit it doesn't mean they aren't.  Yes people of (shall we say) inner beauty usually married someone likewise.

Answer 5

I guess because you never want people to laugh at you or anything.

Answer 6

Because you wouldn't want to spend your life with someone you thought was ugly.

Answer 7

b/c kids at my skool and everywhere else are becoming shallow

Answer 8

They're important for first impressions.  The face (and how they dress) is usually all we have to decide if someone is trustworthy or not.  People speak using eye contact, and that eye contact takes in the whole of the face.  If it's not an attractive face, then we don't even like to deal with speaking to the person.  Also, the more symmetrical a face, the more we associate that person with strong, healthy genes.