Ruppenicker, Marguerite R. A. 「Lesbian Appearance Stereotypes: an Exploratory Study of the Buth-Femme Dimension.」 Master』s thesis, Texas Woman』s University, 1996.

Abstract:
The literature on physical attractiveness is extensive. One consistent finding is that the 'beauty is good' stereotype exists and has a significant influence on women. Indeed, women are held to more strict societal expectations for appearance than men (Wolf, 1991). The findings of research on attractiveness, however, may not generalize to lesbian women. Historically, there have been different attractiveness norms in lesbian communities. One important aspect of lesbian appearance is the butch-femme dimension. The existence and importance in lesbian communities of the butch and femme dimension has been documented in many lesbian writings. Butch and femme continue to have meaning to lesbians today.

This research tested the hypothesis that lesbian women would agree on judgments of butch and femme, and attractiveness. Twenty-six lesbian participants were shown 12 photographs of self-identified lesbian women. Agreement between raters was assessed with the Kendall coefficient of concordance W. Both Butch-Femme and Attractiveness scores were found to be reliable and the 12 photographs were ranked according to their mean dependent measure scores.