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And as Fark would say, there is still no cure for cancer. 
Unique research has found that Korean women have faces that, on average, are 95% the size of men's. The research team at Konkuk University (건국대), led by professors Song Woo-cheol and Goh Gi-seok, photographed the heads and faces of 1,939 women and 1,398 men and compared their faces and profiles, finding that women had an average facial size that was 95.1% of the men's, it was announced on the 31st. The study was published in the most recent online edition of The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, an international academic journal. According to the study, the research team found that 14 measurement spots (5 on the head, 3 on the face, and 6 on the profile) revealed size differences among young people (age 20 - 39), the middle aged (40 - 59), and the elderly (60 - 79). Overall, women's heads were 95.8% the size of men's, and their profiles were 97.2% the size of men's. There were no significant differences in facial size by age group, but it was found that women's heads grow from youth to middle age and shrink with the passage to old age. The research team argues the age differences in facial size are due to similar causes, such as diet, life habits, and hormonal secretions. The team explained that similar effects occur in westerners. Interestingly, the research found that 15% of women have heads larger than men's, while 16% and 38.2%, respectively, have faces and profiles larger than men's. Professor Song said, "it is well known that men have larger faces and heads than women, but so far that difference has been difficult to understand because of simple numeric differences. This research was conducted to place the differences in men's and women's face and head sizes on a more objective footing in terms of ratios." 
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And as Fark would say, there is still no cure for cancer. Hey, now. Don't you remember that one way to tell if someone has cancer is if their hand is larger than their head?
Oh, you got me. I guess this is worthwhile stuff after all.
Wasn't phrenology discredited as early as 1805?
I wonder if they could now compare the average Korean's head to the average whitey's head. Now that would be something worth learning.
it's still a waste of money unless they're studying penis size through the different life stages and races. camaaaan konkuk get to it!
Okay so men's heads are bigger and men's faces are bigger. Fantastic. And the relevance to ANYTHING else is... ?
On average, women are smaller than men. Why, then, would anyone be surprised that, on average, women's heads are smaller than men's?
Yeah, on average, men are bigger than women...where's the news here? What a crock of stupidity. If you compared hands or feet, or naval circumference, wouldn't the same hold true? Next I suppose it will be a comparison of dogs and cats, at the end of which we will be told that dogs are bigger than cats, on average. Or tennis balls are bigger than golf balls, but smaller than basketballs. Great science.
I bet if you read the full study, you'll learn that the "finding" that men's heads are bigger than women's heads, on average, was NOT a major result, just something that the author of the korean languagy article stated. Reading a little closer and not jumping on the authors for a report you haven't read will certainly show some more scholarly thought, such as the effects of hormones, ages, etc. There's certainly more here than what you fellows are rolling your eyes at. Meanwhile, here in Korea, I! have a nice small face, which is for some reason more desirable to the natives?? Booyah!!!
Well if you are right CMM, I still think it's silly that the media doesn't explain the point of the research. Seriously, what a waste of research money...they have to do better than this if they ever want any university in Korea to rank in the top 200 internationally.
Korean universities will never be ranked internationally because the education system here teaches by rote.
[...] time that that was posted at Daum, the results of a Korean study were released which showed that Korean women’s faces are on average 95% the size of men’s also. Obvious perhaps, but then I’d echo commenter CMM on that likely being an incidental [...]
The teachers may rely on rote learning, but the results of tests mean nothing regardless. Students pass as long as their asses warm a seat. And I've seen many-a student pass without even doing that.
I know one thing, women with big, round heads are a big turn off. I'll stick to the ladies with normal size heads and big eyes. I wouldn't blow off this study as being useless.
i used to go out with a girl that had a gigantic face. it was terrifying when she would get all up in my shit, it was like i was being attacked by a gigantic face.
Jebeezers wrote: Well if you are right CMM, I still think it’s silly that the media doesn’t explain the point of the research. I agree with CMM that the problem here probably lies with the reporter. And while I don't want to bash all media for individual transgressions, there is a desperate need for (a) a refocus on the fundamentals of journalism and journalistic integrity and (b) as much a divorce as possible from corporate control of media content. This study probably had something valuable, but a grunt reporter with no particular advanced background in biology, dietary science, genetics, etc., ends up distracted by shiny objects, which he/she reposted to us. In that sense, the reporters are merely reposters.
Darth Babaganoosh wrote: The teachers may rely on rote learning, but the results of tests mean nothing regardless. Students pass as long as their asses warm a seat. And I’ve seen many-a student pass without even doing that. My one stint at teaching undergrads in Korea was nothing like that. We were forced to give weekly updates on attendance, for which there was an automatic F if one received beyond, I believe, three in that semester. Grading was by a 30-40-30 system where no more than 30% of the grades at the end of the semester could be in the A-range, no more than 40% could be in the B-range, and the rest had to be C's, D's, or F's. If we didn't fit that 30-40-30 system, the computer grading program would not accept our grades for the semester. I had a class that was filled with a handful of people who knew they were getting a C, and the rest trying as hard as they could to get an A or at least not get a C. I ended up giving lots of people who deserved an A a B+, and lots of people who deserved a B or even an A- a C+ instead. I failed a few people who didn't bother showing up and they had to repeat the course later on. I made the case to the administration that for foreign-language courses, not just language study courses but other subjects taught in English, Japanese, etc., the 30-40-30 rule should be softened, but by the time I had left, they had not budged on that.
There are a few Korean universities ranked in the top 200 according to US News. What surprises me though are the scores of top rated Chinese universities. Who would have thought China was such an academic powerhouse?
That photo of the woman with the man's head behind her would make a great horror movie poster.
Big deal~ Naturally women's heads are smaller than men's. It would have been controversial if womens face are bigger than men.
Sorry to the ones that think that there may be something else on the research beyond the size thing, but looks quite clear to me: "This research was conducted to place the differences in men’s and women’s face and head sizes on a more objective footing in terms of ratios.”
My one stint at teaching undergrads in Korea was nothing like that. We were forced to give weekly updates on attendance, for which there was an automatic F if one received beyond, I believe, three in that semester. That's policy in most uni's (on paper), but there are a lot of students who get around it. Seniors with part-time jobs, students in student government, students on a sports team, etc that I have taught but have not come to class even ONCE (nor did any assignments, nor wrote any tests) were passed. I told the office, *I* won't give them a passing grade, I've never met them, but if *you* wish to pass them, go ahead as long as you don't touch my grading curve or change another students grade. Thank god, I work in a department now that doesn't hold to any of that BS. A student fails, he fails, whether jobs, being student body president, or the next Park Ji-sung are the problem or not. No bell curves, either. Let the grades (and Fs) fall where they may.
Korea has discovered the concept of "sexual dimorphism" Good Job, but a little late.
one thing is sure, i dont want a GF or Wife with a head bigger than mine. Thats quite scary
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