Minority type human mate preference

Thelen, Thomas

doi:10.1080/19485565.1983.9988531

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“…If this assumption is true, brown eyes should be preferred in countries where the majority of the population has blue eyes. This frequency-dependent effect on sexual selection has already been shown with regard to hair color [26].…”

Section: Iridal Colormentioning

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The Blue-Eyes Stereotype: Do Eye Color, Pupil Diameter, and Scleral Color Affect Attractiveness?

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Section: Iridal Colormentioning

confidence: 82%

The Blue-Eyes Stereotype: Do Eye Color, Pupil Diameter, and Scleral Color Affect Attractiveness?

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“…Frost [20] suggested the variation in female blond, brown and red hair between European populations spread, geographically, from where they first arose, via negative frequency-dependent preferences for novelty. There is some evidence that men's preferences increase for brown hair when it is rare [21] and for unfamiliar (i.e. novel) female faces [22].…”

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Negative frequency-dependent preferences and variation in male facial hair

2014

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Negative frequency-dependent sexual selection maintains striking polymorphisms in secondary sexual traits in several animal species. Here, we test whether frequency of beardedness modulates perceived attractiveness of men's facial hair, a secondary sexual trait subject to considerable cultural variation. We first showed participants a suite of faces, within which we manipulated the frequency of beard thicknesses and then measured preferences for four standard levels of beardedness. Women and men judged heavy stubble and full beards more attractive when presented in treatments where beards were rare than when they were common, with intermediate preferences when intermediate frequencies of beardedness were presented. Likewise, clean-shaven faces were least attractive when clean-shaven faces were most common and more attractive when rare. This pattern in preferences is consistent with negative frequency-dependent selection.

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“…Jones and Hill 1993;Thornhill and Gangestad 1993;Grammer and Thornhill 1994) there is compelling evidence to suggest that rare-color advantage exists and is a powerful determinant for humans (e.g . Riedl 1990;Schweder 1994;Thelen 1983).…”

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Eye color Predicts Disagreeableness in North Europeans: Support in Favor of Frost (2006)

Gardiner

Jackson

2010

Curr Psychol

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The current study investigates whether eye color provides a marker of Agreeableness in North Europeans. Extrapolating from Frost's (2006) research uncovering an unusually diverse range of hair and eye color in northern Europe, we tested the hypothesis that light eyed individuals of North European descent would be less agreeable (a personality marker for competitiveness) when compared to their dark eyed counterparts, whereas there would be no such effect for people of European descent in general. The hypothesis was tested in Australia to provide consistent environmental conditions for both groups of people. Results support the hypothesis. Implications and conclusions are discussed.Since the influential book on eye color by Morgan Worthy (1999), a small number of researchers have been interested in whether eye color provides an indication of personality and associated behavior. Eye color is determined by the number and size of melanin particles in the layers of the iris. More melanin therefore makes the eyes appear darker (Sturm and Frudakis 2004). The lightest shade is blue through gray, green, hazel and brown to black, the darkest shade. Eye color has been shown to be related to alcohol use (Bassett and Dabbs 2001), response styles (Worthy 1999), non-verbal communication and sociability (Gary and Glover 1976). Whilst the proposal of a relationship between the amount of melanin in the iris and behavior seems unexpected, there are some good theoretical reasons for thinking that such a relationship may exist.

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Minority type human mate preference

Cited by 19 publications

References 19 publications

The Blue-Eyes Stereotype: Do Eye Color, Pupil Diameter, and Scleral Color Affect Attractiveness?

The Blue-Eyes Stereotype: Do Eye Color, Pupil Diameter, and Scleral Color Affect Attractiveness?

Negative frequency-dependent preferences and variation in male facial hair

Eye color Predicts Disagreeableness in North Europeans: Support in Favor of Frost (2006)

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