Talk:Cuteness

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The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:

Dale, Joshua Paul, ed. (2016). The aesthetics and affects of cuteness. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 978-1-138-99875-9.

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In the section about Caretaking please replace: "Melanie Glocker argued in 2009 that the cuteness that an infant embodies can motivate the type of care one takes while caring for the infant". with: "Melanie Glocker argued in 2009 that cuteness of an infant motivates caretaking in unrelated adults"

Cute Adults

It seems strange that this article ignore the self-evident fact that 'cute' adults often elicit a caregiver response, and that makeup and dress may be used by adults to emphasise such traits.