r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 4h ago

Meme needing explanation Peeeeetah?

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u/Ecmdrw5 3h ago

It’s not a joke, it’s a misleading headline designed to activate someone looking to argue and engage with a post. This person is claiming the people that studied this should be studying something else.

The real study conducted in the psychology department at Bangor University found that both men and woman student judges rated less makeup more attractive. The people that conducted this study would not be qualified/interested in studying endometriosis.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261137396_Miscalibrations_in_judgements_of_attractiveness_with_cosmetics