The male skull and female skull vary from each other in many different ways (WATER).
Now why is it important to understand these differences you may ask? Well it’s important to know how the average man’s skull differs from the average woman’s, so you know what’s realistic and what isn’t. It also greatly impacts the rating system between men and women, since both naturally have differing features from one another. We will go through a few of the different components of the average female and average male viscerocranium and neurocranium.
Cranial top
This is also known as the calvaria or the skull vault.
A women’s frontal bone is more rounded, while a males is more sloped back. Which is why females tends to have more vertical calvarial thickness, while men have wider breadth/anti-posterior length. Hence why a “high cranial top” is seen to be attractive in women, as it is a feminal feature.
The frontal bone is apart of the calvarium and it includes the supraorbital ridges. Aka, the..
Brow ridge.
Men typically have rounded, thicker brow ridges (associated with higher testosterone), whilst women’s are thin and less prominent.
A=male, B=female
It’s the same with the glabella.
Orbitals
Like all other female features, women tend to have more rounded upper and lower orbital bones while men’s are more square. Men’s eyes are also deeper set as a result of pronounced brow bones. The “hunter eye” look is determined by two things: the supras and the fat pads. It is seen as a masculine feature since the male skull displays it more. This is because men typically have higher set cheekbones, which causes there to be less sclera show; and higher nasal bridges. Also (as said before) prominent brow ridges. All of these things make the eyes look smaller vertically.
A positive canthal tilt tends to be more common in women and for men, neutral. This could be due to the fact that women are more likely to have sharper, forward projected infraobrital rims. Also (as previously stated) they have rounded/curved orbitals, which causes the lateral canthus to curve upwards.
Zygos
The zygomatic arch is generally higher set in men, linking high set cheekbones with the male skull. This strong, robust, zygomatic arch flares out the male zygos in a lateral manner. Which is why bigger, laterally projected zygos are more prevalent in men.
Women on the other hand are seen to have more rounded, lower set zygomata. Along with weaker, thinner zygomatic arches. This gives their cheekbones more vanward like prominence.
Maxilla
As expected, the male maxilla is bigger and wider. The female maxilla is typically narrower and shallower. Men have wider bizygomatic width and jaws than females. The average woman has a shorter midface than a male, since women typically have shallower maxillary depths. Short vertical midface height is seen as an important staple in female sexual dimorphism.
Nasals
Males have a higher nasal height/radix than females, along with a wider nasal breadth. Women have smaller noses than men in practically every aspect.
A high nasal bridge is ideal on a man, and is a great dimorphic trait.
But for woman, a scant concavity in the nasion, with a straight upturned bridge and a supra tip break is ideal.
Mandible
The mandible is seen as more rounded and women and more square/sharp in men. Male intergonial width ranges from 86.1-105.2 mm, and with women; 79-104 mm. Men also typically have larger ramus heights than women. As a cause from the squared jaws seen in men, lower gonial angles are seen more frequently in men. They have stronger jawlines than women due to testosterone, and women are left with weaker looking jawlines because of female fat distribution.
Overall skull shape
Female skulls are said to be more rounded and smoother. Male skulls on the other hand are more pronounced, robust and bigger in size. With the average cranial capacity for a male skull being 6 inches and for a woman 5.5.
https://www.semanticscholar.org/pap...d34216bde3d967b9ab5a#:~:text=P.,ijnonline.org
https://www.semanticscholar.org/pap...Ruan/06e876b73a4577836f0f99e491d9ddce5690f547
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30895433/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41...e detected,and more distinct antegonial notch.
https://ijmscrr.in/index.php/ijmscr...e bigonial width,standard deviation of 6.9 mm.
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Now why is it important to understand these differences you may ask? Well it’s important to know how the average man’s skull differs from the average woman’s, so you know what’s realistic and what isn’t. It also greatly impacts the rating system between men and women, since both naturally have differing features from one another. We will go through a few of the different components of the average female and average male viscerocranium and neurocranium.
Cranial top
This is also known as the calvaria or the skull vault.
A women’s frontal bone is more rounded, while a males is more sloped back. Which is why females tends to have more vertical calvarial thickness, while men have wider breadth/anti-posterior length. Hence why a “high cranial top” is seen to be attractive in women, as it is a feminal feature.
The frontal bone is apart of the calvarium and it includes the supraorbital ridges. Aka, the..
Brow ridge.
Men typically have rounded, thicker brow ridges (associated with higher testosterone), whilst women’s are thin and less prominent.
A=male, B=female
It’s the same with the glabella.
Orbitals
Like all other female features, women tend to have more rounded upper and lower orbital bones while men’s are more square. Men’s eyes are also deeper set as a result of pronounced brow bones. The “hunter eye” look is determined by two things: the supras and the fat pads. It is seen as a masculine feature since the male skull displays it more. This is because men typically have higher set cheekbones, which causes there to be less sclera show; and higher nasal bridges. Also (as said before) prominent brow ridges. All of these things make the eyes look smaller vertically.
A positive canthal tilt tends to be more common in women and for men, neutral. This could be due to the fact that women are more likely to have sharper, forward projected infraobrital rims. Also (as previously stated) they have rounded/curved orbitals, which causes the lateral canthus to curve upwards.
Zygos
The zygomatic arch is generally higher set in men, linking high set cheekbones with the male skull. This strong, robust, zygomatic arch flares out the male zygos in a lateral manner. Which is why bigger, laterally projected zygos are more prevalent in men.
Women on the other hand are seen to have more rounded, lower set zygomata. Along with weaker, thinner zygomatic arches. This gives their cheekbones more vanward like prominence.
Maxilla
As expected, the male maxilla is bigger and wider. The female maxilla is typically narrower and shallower. Men have wider bizygomatic width and jaws than females. The average woman has a shorter midface than a male, since women typically have shallower maxillary depths. Short vertical midface height is seen as an important staple in female sexual dimorphism.
Nasals
Males have a higher nasal height/radix than females, along with a wider nasal breadth. Women have smaller noses than men in practically every aspect.
A high nasal bridge is ideal on a man, and is a great dimorphic trait.
But for woman, a scant concavity in the nasion, with a straight upturned bridge and a supra tip break is ideal.
Mandible
The mandible is seen as more rounded and women and more square/sharp in men. Male intergonial width ranges from 86.1-105.2 mm, and with women; 79-104 mm. Men also typically have larger ramus heights than women. As a cause from the squared jaws seen in men, lower gonial angles are seen more frequently in men. They have stronger jawlines than women due to testosterone, and women are left with weaker looking jawlines because of female fat distribution.
Overall skull shape
Female skulls are said to be more rounded and smoother. Male skulls on the other hand are more pronounced, robust and bigger in size. With the average cranial capacity for a male skull being 6 inches and for a woman 5.5.
https://www.semanticscholar.org/pap...d34216bde3d967b9ab5a#:~:text=P.,ijnonline.org
https://www.semanticscholar.org/pap...Ruan/06e876b73a4577836f0f99e491d9ddce5690f547
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30895433/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41...e detected,and more distinct antegonial notch.
https://ijmscrr.in/index.php/ijmscr...e bigonial width,standard deviation of 6.9 mm.
Thanks for reading this waterfall
