长一张娃娃脸的好处.docVIP

长一张娃娃脸的好处 　　George Nelson was America’s most wanted man―a gangster so bloodthirsty， Al Capone booted him out of his gang for being too violent.2 　　On 20 April 1934， the police decided to get him. They’d been tipped off that he was staying at a lakeside hotel in Wisconsin， so they launched a secret operation to gun him down.3 　　But George Nelson had been blessed with a round face， large eyes and cute little nose. His fellow crooks4 called him “Babyface”―behind his back， of course. He hardly looked like a criminal5. 　　When the agents arrived， they locked eyes on a trio of men that apparently did.6 The men―who were actually undercover FBI agents―were gunned down in a matter of seconds， allowing Babyface and his fellow outlaws to escape.7 　　They jumped out of a second-floor window， followed the edge of the lake for several miles， stole a car and got away. 　　From literally getting away with murder， to monopolizing parental love and seducing the opposite sex， the babyface is a potent social weapon.8 　　The doe-eyed look can help people win over their enemies， elicit help from strangers and get ahead in their careers.9 It makes politicians seem more trustworthy， crooks less likely to be convicted and sentencing less severe.10 　　In all， babyfaced individuals are thought of as more honest， naive， warm， kind， approachable， trustworthy， likeable， familiar， and charismatic than the rest of us.11 　　This trust is misplaced. In fact， they’re more―not less―likely to become criminals. And once they’ve turned their backs on the law， they tend to commit more offences than those who look the part.12 　　By the way―inexplicably―across diverse cultures，13 in every corner of the globe， baby-faced women are rated as the most attractive. “The big eyes， the long lashes， the arched brows， the plump lips， the small chins， the round face， the cute little nose―if I wasn’t describing a baby， I’d be describing a supermodel，” says Caroline Keating， an expert in non-verbal communication at Co