Correlated male preferences for femininity in female faces and voices
Fraccaro, Paul J. and Feinberg, David R. and DeBruine, Lisa M. and Little, Anthony C. and Watkins, Christopher D. and Jones, Benedict C. (2010) Correlated male preferences for femininity in female faces and voices. Evolutionary Psychology, 8 (3). pp. 447-461. ISSN 1474-7049 (https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491000800311)
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Abstract
Sexually dimorphic physical traits are important for mate choice and mate preference in many species, including humans. Several previous studies have observed that women's preferences for physical cues of male masculinity in different domains (e.g., visual and vocal) are correlated. These correlations demonstrate systematic, rather than arbitrary, variation in women's preferences for masculine men and are consistent with the proposal that sexually dimorphic cues in different domains reflect a common underlying aspect of male quality. Here we present evidence for a similar correlation between men's preferences for different cues of femininity in women; although men generally preferred feminized to masculinized versions of both women's faces and voices, the strength of men's preferences for feminized versions of female faces was positively and significantly correlated with the strength of their preferences for feminized versions of women's voices. In a second study, this correlation occurred when men judged women's attractiveness as long-term, but not short-term, mates, which is consistent with previous research. Collectively, these findings (1) present novel evidence for systematic variation in men's preferences for feminine women, (2) present converging evidence for concordant preferences for sexually dimorphic traits in different domains, and (3) complement findings of correlations between women's facial and vocal femininity.
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Fraccaro, Paul J., Feinberg, David R., DeBruine, Lisa M., Little, Anthony C., Watkins, Christopher D. and Jones, Benedict C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7777-0220;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 73325 Dates: DateEvent24 August 2010Published15 July 2010AcceptedSubjects: Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Psychological Sciences and Health > Psychology Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 23 Jul 2020 13:11 Last modified: 31 Aug 2024 01:06 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/73325