Do more attractive women show stronger preferences for male facial masculinity?
Do more attractive women show stronger preferences for male facial masculinity?
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DOI：
10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2020.05.005
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发表时间：
2020-07-01
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
Jones, Benedict C.
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作者：
Docherty, Ciaran;Lee, Anthony J.;Jones, Benedict C.
研究人员认为，更有魅力的女性会对阳刚的男性表现出更强的偏好，因为这样的女性更能抵消选择阳刚伴侣的潜在成本。然而，证据之间的相关性的措施，妇女自己的吸引力和偏好的男子气概是喜忧参半。此外，用于检验这一假设的样本通常相对较小。因此，我们进行了两项大规模的研究，调查女性对面部男性气质的偏好与她们自己的吸引力之间可能存在的关联，这些吸引力来自第三方对她们面部吸引力的评级（研究1，N = 454，实验室研究）和自我评价的吸引力（研究2，N = 8972，在线研究）。在研究2（自我评价的吸引力）中，自己的吸引力与对男性的偏好呈正相关，但在研究1（第三方对面部吸引力的评价）中则不然。这种模式的结果是一致的建议，妇女的信念，对自己的吸引力，而不是他们的身体状况本身，支持的吸引力，特遣队男性气质的偏好。
Researchers have suggested that more attractive women will show stronger preferences for masculine men because such women are better placed to offset the potential costs of choosing a masculine mate. However, evidence for correlations between measures of women's own attractiveness and preferences for masculine men is mixed. Moreover, the samples used to test this hypothesis are typically relatively small. Consequently, we conducted two large-scale studies that investigated possible associations between women's preferences for facial masculinity and their own attractiveness as assessed from third-party ratings of their facial attractiveness (Study 1, N = 454, laboratory study) and self-rated attractiveness (Study 2, N = 8972, online study). Own attractiveness was positively correlated with preferences for masculine men in Study 2 (self-rated attractiveness), but not Study 1 (third-party ratings of facial attractiveness). This pattern of results is consistent with the proposal that women's beliefs about their own attractiveness, rather than their physical condition per se, underpins attractiveness-contingent masculinity preferences.