A Comparison of Masculinity Facial Preference Among Naturally Cycling, Pregnant, Lactating, and Post-Menopausal Women

Marcinkowska, Urszula M.; Jasieńska, Grażyna; Prokop, Pavol

doi:10.1007/s10508-017-1093-3

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“…However, number of previous‐year sexual partners and age of first sexual intercourse is predicted by limb muscle volume, but not by fat‐free mass (Lassek & Gaulin, ). Relatedly, more masculine faces are more attractive to women, especially in the context of a ST relationship (Dixson et al, ; Johnston et al, ; Little et al, ; Marcinkowska et al, ; Puts et al, ; Thornhill & Gangestad, ; Valentine et al, ) and more masculine faces are related to unrestricted sociosexual attitudes and number of sexual partners (Arnocky et al, ; Boothroyd et al, ; Boothroyd et al, ).…”

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Testosterone‐dependent facial and body traits predict men's sociosexual attitudes and behaviors

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Muñoz-Reyes

Pita

et al. 2019

American J Hum Biol

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Objectives Strategic Pluralism Theory contends that human mating strategies are calibrated toward short‐term (ST) or long‐term (LT) mating according to the expression of condition‐dependent traits and characteristics of the social and physical environment. Traits reflecting the effects of testosterone have been considered condition‐dependent traits that provide information about the calibration of male mating strategy. We investigated the relationship of muscle mass and facial masculinity with attitudes and behaviors reflecting ST and LT mating tactics. Methods We measured skeletal muscle mass (SMM) through bioelectrical impedance and facial width‐to‐height ratio (fWHR) in a sample of Chilean men (n = 206; mean age = 22.52 ± 4.65 SD), and collected information about sociosexual attitudes and past sexual behavior. Results Our results showed an interaction effect of SMM and fWHR on unrestricted (but not restricted) sociosexual attitudes and past sexual behavior. Individuals with a consistent expression of both traits (ie, high SMM and fWHR or low SMM and fWHR) reported higher levels of unrestricted sociosexual attitudes and a greater number of lifetime and previous‐year sexual partners. Conclusions These findings suggest that the intensity and consistency of expression of body and facial masculinity is important in signaling male mating tactics and sociosexual attitudes.

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Testosterone‐dependent facial and body traits predict men's sociosexual attitudes and behaviors

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Muñoz-Reyes

Pita

et al. 2019

American J Hum Biol

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“…unrelated to global SOI or the three SOI sub-scales (Kandrik, Fincher, Jones, & DeBruine, 2014). Finally, one study found that women's preferences for facial masculinity were negatively associated with unrestricted sociosexual attitudes (Lee, Dubbs, von Hippel, Brooks, & Zietsch, 2014a), while another study reported a positive but weak association between SOI and women's facial masculinity preferences (Marcinkowska, Jasienska, & Prokop, 2018).…”

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Mating Strategies and the Masculinity Paradox: How Relationship Context, Relationship Status, and Sociosexuality Shape Women’s Preferences for Facial Masculinity and Beardedness

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According to the dual mating strategy model, in short-term mating contexts women should forego paternal investment qualities in favor of mates with well-developed secondary sexual characteristics and dominant behavioral displays. We tested whether this model explains variation in women's preferences for facial masculinity and beardedness in male faces. Computer-generated composites that had been morphed to appear +/-50% masculine were rated by 671 heterosexual women (M age = 31.72 years, SD = 6.43) for attractiveness when considering them as a short-term partner, long-term partner, a co-parent or a friend. They then completed the Revised Sociosexual Inventory (SOI-R) to determine their sexual openness on dimensions of desire, behavior, and attitudes. Results showed that women's preferences were strongest for average facial masculinity, followed by masculinized faces, with feminized faces being least attractive. In contrast to past research, facial masculinity preferences were stronger when judging for co-parenting partners than for short-term mates. Facial masculinity preferences were also positively associated with behavioral SOI, negatively with desire, and were unrelated to global or attitudinal SOI. Women gave higher ratings for full beards than clean-shaven faces. Preferences for beards were higher for coparenting and long-term relationships than short-term relationships, although these differences were not statistically significant. Preferences for facial hair were positively associated with global and attitudinal SOI, but were unrelated to behavioral SOI and desire. Although further replication is necessary, our findings indicate that sexual openness is associated with women's preferences for men's facial hair and suggest variation in the association between sociosexuality and women's facial masculinity preferences.

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“…Null results have also been reported in several studies testing the Dual Mating Strategy hypothesis using between-subject comparisons of women's masculinity preferences [39,40,42,[49][50][51][52]. Given that between-subjects designs are likely to be ill equipped to test for hormonal regulation of mate preferences (see earlier discussion), these null results are more difficult to interpret, however [35].…”

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Ovulation, sex hormones, and women’s mating psychology

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Hahn²,

DeBruine³

2018

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The Dual Mating Strategy hypothesis proposes that women’s preferences for uncommitted sexual relationships with men displaying putative fitness cues increase during the high-fertility phase of the menstrual cycle. Results consistent with this hypothesis are widely cited as evidence that sexual selection has shaped human mating psychology. However, the methods used in most of these studies have recently been extensively criticized. Here we discuss (1) new empirical studies that address these methodological problems and largely report null results and (2) an alternative model of hormonal regulation of women’s mating psychology that can better accommodate these new data.

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A Comparison of Masculinity Facial Preference Among Naturally Cycling, Pregnant, Lactating, and Post-Menopausal Women

Cited by 33 publications

References 82 publications

Testosterone‐dependent facial and body traits predict men's sociosexual attitudes and behaviors

Testosterone‐dependent facial and body traits predict men's sociosexual attitudes and behaviors

Mating Strategies and the Masculinity Paradox: How Relationship Context, Relationship Status, and Sociosexuality Shape Women’s Preferences for Facial Masculinity and Beardedness

Ovulation, sex hormones, and women’s mating psychology

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