Society spends the first 18 years of kid’s live’s teaching them how and why not to have babies (not complaining, just pointing out that it could affect one’s cuteness judgments).
Your cuteness detector might very well be tied to detecting your own genetic material. IOW, you might find your own babies very cute, and those of others, not so cute. (My parents claim that this is the case, I wouldn’t know.) And you, being female, would have a very good idea of what babies are genetically yours...
Some potential confounding factors to consider:
Society spends the first 18 years of kid’s live’s teaching them how and why not to have babies (not complaining, just pointing out that it could affect one’s cuteness judgments).
Your cuteness detector might very well be tied to detecting your own genetic material. IOW, you might find your own babies very cute, and those of others, not so cute. (My parents claim that this is the case, I wouldn’t know.) And you, being female, would have a very good idea of what babies are genetically yours...