Women's preferences for men's facial masculinity are strongest under favorable ecological conditions
Hirokazu Taniguchi; Markus J. Rantala; Toivo Aavik; Farid Pazhoohi; Indrikis Krams; Oona A. David; Urszula M. Marcinkowska; Gwenaël Kaminski; Huajian Cai; Pavol Prokop; Nicolle Sydney; Mikhail V. Kozlov; Jorge Contreras-Garduño; Keshav Prasai; Anthony J. Lee; Sandra L. Rosales Cardozo; Norman P. Li; Ike E. Onyishi; Barnaby J. W. Dixson
Women's preferences for men's facial masculinity are strongest under favorable ecological conditions
Hirokazu Taniguchi
Markus J. Rantala
Toivo Aavik
Farid Pazhoohi
Indrikis Krams
Oona A. David
Urszula M. Marcinkowska
Gwenaël Kaminski
Huajian Cai
Pavol Prokop
Nicolle Sydney
Mikhail V. Kozlov
Jorge Contreras-Garduño
Keshav Prasai
Anthony J. Lee
Sandra L. Rosales Cardozo
Norman P. Li
Ike E. Onyishi
Barnaby J. W. Dixson
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021042825292
Tiivistelmä
The strength of sexual selection on secondary sexual traits varies depending on prevailing economic and ecological conditions. In humans, cross-cultural evidence suggests women's preferences for men's testosterone dependent masculine facial traits are stronger under conditions where health is compromised, male mortality rates are higher and economic development is higher. Here we use a sample of 4483 exclusively heterosexual women from 34 countries and employ mixed effects modelling to test how social, ecological and economic variables predict women's facial masculinity preferences. We report women's preferences for more masculine looking men are stronger in countries with higher sociosexuality and where national health indices and human development indices are higher, while no associations were found between preferences and indices of intra-sexual competition. Our results show that women's preferences for masculine faces are stronger under conditions where offspring survival is higher and economic conditions are more favorable.
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