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Silverthorne, Zebulon A.; Quinsey, Vernon L.

doi:10.1023/a:1001886521449

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“…The female students (M = 23.7, SD = 5.3 years) were slightly younger than the male students (M = 25.3, SD = 3.9 years). Most likely, the small-to-moderate difference (effect size: d = .35) is not relevant given the observation of Silverthorne and Quinsey (2000) that attractiveness ratings of stimulus age categories were not correlated with participants' age.…”

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“…Furthermore, images with lower waist-to-hip ratios were looked at more intently -a finding that Suschinsky et al interpreted in terms of the waist-tohip ratio as an indication of reproductive fitness. Silverthorne and Quinsey (2000) assessed the age preferences of hetero-and homosexual males and females, using 30 pictures of human faces that ranged between about 18 and 60 years of age. Mean age of the participants was 33 years.…”

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Judgment of age and attractiveness in a paired comparison task: Testing a picture set developed for diagnosing paedophilia

Mokros

Butz

Dombert

et al. 2011

Legal Criminol Psychol

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Purpose. The Not‐Real‐People picture set serves as stimulus material for assessing paedophilic sexual interest. The pictures were generated according to five stages of sexual maturation from infancy to adulthood. While experts seem to be able to discern between the pictures based on maturity levels for a nude variant of the stimuli, it remained unclear whether lay persons would be able to reliably distinguish between picture of clothed individuals from various maturity levels. Methods. Heterosexual university students (52 females, 50 males) participated in a paired comparison task, deciding which of the persons shown on two pictures was younger and which one was more attractive. Additionally, reaction times were recorded. Results. Both male and female judges were able to differentiate between stimuli from the opposite sex with regard to age: the perception of the stages of pubertal development conformed to a measurement on a ratio scale. Similarly, the decisions on attractiveness of the categories were in accordance with a ratio scale. Male participants favoured adolescent and adult female stimuli. Contrary to expectation, female participants did not show a preference for any single age category. Conclusions. The stimuli appear suitable for diagnostic purposes. The participants' decisions reflect the inherent maturity levels of the persons depicted. Reaction times in the paired comparison paradigm increase with task difficulty (i.e., similitude of pictures). The implications for indirect measures of sexual interest, based on reaction times, are discussed.

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Judgment of age and attractiveness in a paired comparison task: Testing a picture set developed for diagnosing paedophilia

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Butz

Dombert

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Legal Criminol Psychol

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“…Previous studies report that homosexual men show a male-typical mating psychology, including an interest in casual sex and sexually explicit visual material [42], as well as showing male-typical mate retention behavior [43]. Similar to heterosexual men, homosexual men value physical attractiveness in their potential partners more than heterosexual women [44], and they prefer potential partners who are younger than themselves [45], [46]. Thus, it seems that the effect of gender on variation in partner preference is stronger than the effect of sexual orientation [47].…”

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Preferred and Actual Relative Height among Homosexual Male Partners Vary with Preferred Dominance and Sex Role

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Previous research has shown repeatedly that human stature influences mate preferences and mate choice in heterosexuals. In general, it has been shown that tall men and average height women are most preferred by the opposite sex, and that both sexes prefer to be in a relationship where the man is taller than the woman. However, little is known about such partner preferences in homosexual individuals. Based on an online survey of a large sample of non-heterosexual men (N = 541), we found that the majority of men prefer a partner slightly taller than themselves. However, these preferences were dependent on the participant’s own height, such that taller men preferred shorter partners, whereas shorter men preferred taller partners. We also examined whether height preferences predicted the preference for dominance and the adoption of particular sexual roles within a couple. Although a large proportion of men preferred to be in an egalitarian relationship with respect to preferred dominance (although not with respect to preferred sexual role), men that preferred a more dominant and more “active” sexual role preferred shorter partners, whereas those that preferred a more submissive and more “passive” sexual role preferred taller partners. Our results indicate that preferences for relative height in homosexual men are modulated by own height, preferred dominance and sex role, and do not simply resemble those of heterosexual women or men.

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“…Otherwise, our results show a general lack of assortativity by age in the flirt network. Both hetero- and homosexual men have similar age preferences for younger sex partners [15]. Though, partner age preferences have been shown to vary importantly depending on if a person is seeking in real life (IRL) long-term or short-term relationship: men seeking sexual contacts prefer significantly wider age range of partners compared to men looking for a steady partner [16].…”

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A Characterization of Internet Dating Network Structures among Nordic Men Who Have Sex with Men

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BackgroundThe Internet has become an important venue for seeking sexual partners and may facilitate transmission of sexually transmitted infections.MethodsWe examined a 64-day data log of flirt messages expressing sexual interest among MSM within the Qruiser.com community. We used logistic regression to analyze characteristics of MSM sending and receiving flirt messages and negative binomial regression to examine individual activity and popularity. The structural properties, including the core structure of the flirt network, were analyzed.ResultsThe MSM population consisted of approximately 40% homosexuals and 37% bisexuals, while the remaining 23% included men who identified as heterosexual but searched for sex with men and “experimental”. MSM were more likely to send flirt messages if they were homosexual and aged 40+ years; young people aged < 30 years were more likely to receive a flirt. Possession of a webcam was strongly associated with both sending flirt messages and being a flirt target. The distributions of flirts sent (max kout = 2162) and received (max kin = 84) were highly heterogeneous. Members in central cores were more likely homosexuals, singles, and aged 31–40 years. The probability of a matched flirt (flirt returned from target) increased from 1% in the outer core to 18% in the central core (core size = 4).DiscussionThe flirt network showed high degree heterogeneity similar to the structural properties of real sexual contact networks with a single central core. Further studies are needed to explore use of webcam for Internet dating.

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Cited by 51 publications

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Judgment of age and attractiveness in a paired comparison task: Testing a picture set developed for diagnosing paedophilia

Judgment of age and attractiveness in a paired comparison task: Testing a picture set developed for diagnosing paedophilia

Preferred and Actual Relative Height among Homosexual Male Partners Vary with Preferred Dominance and Sex Role

A Characterization of Internet Dating Network Structures among Nordic Men Who Have Sex with Men

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