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We all know the _______ of a baby is determined by the father’s gene.  But now, there’s a new study in the journal Reproductive Sciences, which says pretty women give birth to more girls… and could lead to a shortage of handsome men. Allure details how the controversially cosmetic research stacks up.

“[Satoshi Kanazawa, the _______ psychologist’s] findings were based on a 1958 survey of 17,000 English babies, in which researchers asked the kids’ teachers to rate them as ‘attractive’ or ‘unattractive’ at age 7, and then _______ up with the group 45 years later to find out what gender of children each had… Kanazawa found ‘unattractive’ women have more boys.”

Online site iWABS explains Kanazawa’s theory.

“Kanazawa believes that parents tend to produce children who benefit from their own _______ . Beauty, he says, is of more benefit to a woman than a man, and so it pays for attractive women to have daughters.”

Still scratching your head on this one? Join the club. The Frisky questions the researcher’s… uh, methodology.

“What kind of teachers are _______ the attractiveness of their 7-year-old students?”

Statistician Andrew Geltman at Columbia University also highly doubts Dr. Kanazawa’s “science.” The Daily Mail offers his rebuttal.

“[We] analyzed People magazine’s annual 50 most beautiful people lists from 1995 to 2000 and found that those included on the list were actually slightly more likely to have sons _______ daughters.”

But according to The Independent – Dr. Kanazawa insists his findings are true.

“He acknowledges that some of his ideas may seem ‘immoral, contrary to our ideals or offensive, but…Like it or not, human nature is simply not _______ correct.’”

This isn’t the first time Dr. Kanazawa has stirred up controversy. Earlier this year, he snagged headlines for a claim that men who cheat on their girlfriends or wives are less intelligent — and couples having sons reduces the likelihood of divorce.

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