Abstract
Although feminine female faces are always judged as attractive, masculine males face are not. In previous studies, we suggested that perceived threat could suppress attractiveness of masculine male faces; because of structural similarities between facial features which are perceived as masculine and expression of anger, masculine male faces are judged as angry and therefore threatening, and then it turns to suppress their attractiveness ratings. In this study, the contextual information which describes the reason of anger (why he is angry; for social justice/interpersonal conflicts) and targets (the anger is for whom; toward raters/others) is presented in attractiveness ratings. The interaction between masculinity and contextual information in attractiveness ratings is appeared, and it is suggested that how people interpret the anger appeared in masculine male faces has significant effect in attractiveness ratings.
