An Evolutionary Perspective on Appearance Enhancement Behavior

Davis, Adam C.; Arnocky, Steven

doi:10.1007/s10508-020-01745-4

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“…Given the importance placed on attractive features by men, women may compete with other women to enhance specific traits in order to increase their mating success. Research has shown that women use self-enhancement strategies [4] and are more likely to spend more money compared to men on enhancing their body through beautification products [5] and surgical procedures [6]. Importantly, women are also aware of other women's attractiveness and enhancement strategies [7] and are likely to utilize retention strategies to keep their current partners [2,8].…”

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Sexual Receptivity Signal of Lordosis Posture and Intra-Sexual Competition in Women

Pazhoohi

Garza

Kingstone

2022

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Previous research has shown that women may use self-enhancement strategies to compete with one other. Lumbar curvature in women is considered to enhance a woman′s attractiveness, potentially due to its role in bipedal fetal load and sexual receptiveness. The current study investigated the role of lumbar curvature on women’s perceptions of sexual receptiveness as well as its role in women’s intrasexual competitiveness. Study 1 (N = 138) tested and confirmed that women’s intrasexual competition influences their perception of sexual receptivity of women as a function of lordosis posture depicted in a standing posture. Study 2 (N = 69) replicated these results and extended them to other postures, namely, the quadruped and supine positions. Study 3 (N = 106), using a two-alternative forced-choice task, revealed that other women perceive relatively larger arched-back postures as more threatening to their relationship and frequently as being more attractive. Collectively, this work suggests that women consider a lordotic posture in other women as a signal of sexual receptivity and perceive it as a threat to their relationship. This research provides robust support for the sexually receptivity hypothesis of lumbar curvature, questioning the alternative morphological vertebral wedging hypothesis.

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Sexual Receptivity Signal of Lordosis Posture and Intra-Sexual Competition in Women

Pazhoohi

Garza

Kingstone

2022

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“…The effectiveness of makeup in romantic attraction may be especially relevant when high-quality male partners are in demand and competition among women is high (Blake & Brooks, 2019a;Blake et al, 2018;Hill et al, 2012; also see Netchaeva & Rees, 2016). Thus, when attracting and competing for high-quality romantic partners, self-sexualizing strategies like wearing makeup can be advantageous for women (see Davis & Arnocky, 2020 for a review).…”

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Behind the makeup: The effects of cosmetics on women's self‐objectification, and their objectification by others

Kellie

Brooks

2021

Euro J Social Psych

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Does wearing makeup benefit women by changing how they perceive themselves, and are the perceptions that others make of makeup wearers positive, or negative? In two pre-registered experiments, we investigated the effects of makeup on women's self-perceived traits, and others' objectifying perceptions of them. In Experiment 1, 229 women imagined one of four scenarios (e.g., a romantic date). Half applied makeup for that scenario before rating their self-perceived agency, humanness, romantic competitiveness towards other women and reactions to partner jealousy. Results showed little evidence that applying makeup affected women's self-perceived traits. In Experiment 2, 844 participants rated images of women's faces from Experiment 1 on their mental capacity and moral status. Women wearing more makeup were attributed less mental capacity and moral status, with attributions mediated by perceptions that heavier makeupwearers have more sex and are more physically attractive. Findings suggest that although women experience cultural pressure to wear makeup, negative stereotypes of makeup-wearers may lead to detrimental perceptions of women.

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“…In 2020, we published one Target Article (Feinstein, 2020), along with 7 Commentaries and a response by Feinstein. Seven other Target Articles are currently online first Davis & Arnocky, 2020;Lalumière, Sawatsky, Dawson, & Suschinsky, 2019;Pfau, Jordan, & Breedlove, 2019;Reynolds, 2021;Ziogas, Habermeyer, Santtila, Poeppl, & Mokros, 2019). Researchers interested in proposing a Target Article should contact Dr. Vasey at paul.vasey@uleth.ca.…”

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Archives at 50 Years

Zucker

2021

Arch Sex Behav

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Sandwiched in-between these two articles, the Archives has more than 4100 entries in Pub-Med, including those that are still in advance online publication form. It is my deep regret that the Founding Editor of Archives, Richard Green, M.D., J.D. could not be with us to celebrate this milestone (Herbert, 2019).Quantitative growth has certainly been an element of the Journal's evolution. In 1971, it published 374 pages. In 2020, it published 3088 pages (an 8.25-fold increase). When I became Editor in 2002, we had 80 new submissions. In 2020, we had 706 new submissions (an 8.82-fold increase). As noted in previous Editorials, this growth has necessitated a continued expansion of the Editorial Board. In

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An Evolutionary Perspective on Appearance Enhancement Behavior

Cited by 74 publications

References 395 publications

Sexual Receptivity Signal of Lordosis Posture and Intra-Sexual Competition in Women

Sexual Receptivity Signal of Lordosis Posture and Intra-Sexual Competition in Women

Behind the makeup: The effects of cosmetics on women's self‐objectification, and their objectification by others

Archives at 50 Years

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