tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post9101271497078981900..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: If you want to know a woman's real age?...Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-21454037966411766562019-03-14T14:58:10.861+00:002019-03-14T14:58:10.861+00:00As an example of the double-standard - look at the... As an example of the double-standard - look at the play train, second down here. It was installed a few years ago at a stately home I often visit - and is marked near the back with a red hammer and sickle - to commemorate that the last owner of the hall was a Labour MP and communist (and thouroghly nasty and hypocritical piece of work, all round - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Charles_Trevelyan,_3rd_Baronet ). <br /><br />https://www.greatbigscaryworld.com/the-best-childrens-play-equipment-in-the-world/<br /><br />Can you imagine the same being done for a swastica to commemorate one of the (many) aristocratic Nazi sympathisers? Of course not. I actually wrote to complain about this, but did not even get an acknowledgement - they probably thought I was a 'nutter' to be concerned. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-64244428319739880272019-03-14T14:25:45.235+00:002019-03-14T14:25:45.235+00:00@William - I wouldn't mind trying - but I have...@William - I wouldn't mind trying - but I have tested it often enough in real life; and any dermatologist will tell you that photographs are nothing like as good as real life.<br /><br />I did find a clear exception once - a woman in her fifties who had skin like a woman about 20 years younger. So it can happen. <br /><br />As for men: I don't mind admitting that I do NOT go around looking carefully at men's hands, so I really don't know... <br /><br />(Actually, the implications of that statement are a bit incriminating; but I'll let it pass.)Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-28903120353982582402019-03-14T11:56:57.265+00:002019-03-14T11:56:57.265+00:00Bruce, would you be willing to test this by judgin...Bruce, would you be willing to test this by judging the age of some back-of-hand photos I send you?<br /><br />Does it only work for women, or do you mention women specifically because they are generally more interested than men in trying to appear younger than they really are?Wm Jas Tychonievichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446790072877463982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-679833940309679302019-03-14T06:51:26.956+00:002019-03-14T06:51:26.956+00:00@d - I have been teaching this in 'evolutionar...@d - I have been teaching this in 'evolutionary psychology of sexual attraction' lectures for... well, a couple of decades. But it comes as a surprise to most people. But it looks as if the people it most affects are very well aware of it, as are celebrity photographers. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-83381324536022354352019-03-13T15:15:34.835+00:002019-03-13T15:15:34.835+00:00Top stuff, BC - the idea had never occurred to me....Top stuff, BC - the idea had never occurred to me.<br /><br />One thing that has struck me over the last few years - my beloved has lovely soft hands. I have a memory that one of the washing-up liquids of my youth used to advertise itself as promoting soft hands for Mummies; at last I understand the sales pitch.deariemenoreply@blogger.com