Jay - Red hair and/or green eyes are considered ugly and/or evil in a lot of cultures. As someone whose Irish ancestry is obvious, I found this very disturbing. hauksdottir - Why are you assuming that the facial features which constitute attractiveness rule out braininess? It is much easier to make a determination about strength, basic state of health, and whether or not someone is past puberty by looking at them than to tell how smart they are. I'm eligible to join Mensa based on my I.Q. and went through High School in the Advance Program. Although I am a long way from the ideal attractive person, there were several very attractive males and females in my class. The whole psychology of attractiveness is concerned with filtering suitability for mating from a first look whether the animals are human or not. Superficial? Yes, but it is an ingrained response based on both biological and cultural learnings.