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Recent studies have shown that there is no truth to claim to some men that when they get drunk they could not anymore guess the exact age of a woman.
Based on a data gathered in the research it was discovered that that drinking alcohol and use of make-up had a minimal effect on the men’s perception of the ages of the photographed women.
Dr. Vincent Egan who wanted to determine if there is truth to the defence of those men accused of having unlawful sex with a minor that they were not aware that the girl was underage did the study.
To ensure truthfulness, Egan also look into other factors that may influence his perception would also be taken into account, such as how much alcohol he had drunk or how much make-up the girl was wearing.
To get the data, he wanted Egan asked 240 people to look at photos of women and then comment on their age and attractiveness.
All the participants were heterosexual, aged between 18 and 70 with an equal split between men and women. Half of the participants had consumed alcohol before the task.

According to a latest study, most drunk men could still recognize the age of women despite their drunkenness.

The participants looked at photographs of ten young women (aged 17). Some of the photographs were digitally altered to give the faces a younger or older appearance and in both some make-up was applied digitally.
After looking into the photographs, Egan said he found out majority of them could still recognize the age of the women in the photographs.
Egan explained the study suggests that alcohol consumption and make-up use do not interfere with how old we perceive someone to be.
He said another interesting finding was that overall participants who drank alcohol actually rated all the women in the photos as less attractive (compared to the participants who had not drunk alcohol).
He said this seemingly flies in the face of the commonly held notion of ‘beer goggles’.