tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post5210052077255439713..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Blue-eyed attractiveness: stereotype and realityDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-12436037871969709332011-08-27T14:31:32.692+03:002011-08-27T14:31:32.692+03:00Blue eyes are a reliable proxy for WASP roots
Not...<i>Blue eyes are a reliable proxy for WASP roots</i><br /><br />Not really. Blue eyes are common in most northern European populations, not just WASPs.Average Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203996329459638052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-14599972341785805082011-08-25T20:39:58.771+03:002011-08-25T20:39:58.771+03:00Sample selection criteria swamp everything else ab...Sample selection criteria swamp everything else about this study. The fact that 80 participants favor it tells you something only about what the 80 participants have in common.<br /><br />But, there is every reason to suspect that there would be great ethnic diversity and social context at play. Blue eyes are a reliable proxy for WASP roots which are the highest SES ethnicity in the U.S. but has increasingly become less recognized as a distinct ethnicity. A "different strokes for different folks" hypothesis seems just as likely and would require a much larger and carefully selected set of samples.Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-1039284424320988822011-08-24T04:09:06.796+03:002011-08-24T04:09:06.796+03:00I call wrong methodology, since anyone who's l...I call wrong methodology, since anyone who's lived on planet earth for a week knows that men are more attracted by light eyes than women.Andréshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00708925743497933631noreply@blogger.com