Men's physical strength is associated with women's perceptions of their dancing ability
Men's physical strength is associated with women's perceptions of their dancing ability
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DOI：
10.1016/j.paid.2009.04.009
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发表时间：
2009-10-01
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Seydel, Hanna
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作者：
Hugill, Nadine;Fink, Bernhard;Seydel, Hanna
产前和/或青春期睾丸激素(T)直接影响男性的身体特征和行为，有助于实现和维持地位和资源。在许多动物物种中，有证据表明，雌性已经进化出对雄性地位信号的偏好，因为这些信号可能表明雄性质量（在健康和繁殖成功方面）。在人类中，众所周知，女性对男性面部和身体的性别典型（t型联）身体特征的判断更看重吸引力、男子气概和支配力。此外，最近的研究表明，女性还能够评估男性的某些面部特征，这些特征表明男性的体力。在这里，我们展示了女性对男性舞蹈的吸引力和自信的感知，在控制体重后，与男性握力（作为肌肉力量的衡量标准）相关。我们的结论是，除了脸和身体之外，男性的舞蹈可能是男性竞争力的另一个代表，因此可以被女性用来评估男性的素质。2009爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
Prenatal and/or pubertal testosterone (T) directly influences male physical characteristics and behaviors that facilitate the achievement and maintenance of status and resources. In numerous animal species there is evidence that females have evolved preferences for signals of a male's status as such signals may indicate male quality (in terms of health and reproductive success). In humans, it is known that women judge sex-typical (T-linked) physical characteristics of the face and body of men higher on attractiveness, masculinity, and dominance. Moreover, recent research indicates that women are also able to evaluate certain male facial characteristics that signal physical strength. Here we show that women's perception of the attractiveness and assertiveness of men's dancing, correlates with male handgrip strength (as a measure of muscular strength) after controlling for body weight. We conclude that men's dances in addition to faces and bodies - may be another proxy for male competitiveness, and could thus be used by women to evaluate male quality. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.