Sex Differences in Response to Deception Across Mate-Value Traits of Attractiveness, Job Status, and Altruism in Online Dating

Based on a social relations perspective on mating, the actual and assumed reciprocity of mate choices was studied in a real–life speed–dating context. A community sample involving 382 singles aged 18–54 years filled out a questionnaire for the measurement of self–perceived mate value, sociosexuality, extraversion, and shyness and participated in free speed–dating sessions. Immediately after each date, choices and assumed choices were recorded. Measures of physical attractiveness and flirting behaviour were obtained by independent observers. Results show that actual mate choices are not reciprocal although people strongly expect their choices to be reciprocated and flirting behaviour is indeed strongly reciprocal. This interesting pattern of results was explained by investigating individual and dyadic effects of flirting, self–perceived mate value and physical attractiveness on mate choices. Results have important implications for understanding mating behaviour, sex differences and the (in)accuracies of mating decisions. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Sex Differences in Response to Evaluative Feedback: A Field Study

Psychology of Women Quarterly ◽

10.1111/1471-6402.00063 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 242-251 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Maria Johnson ◽

Vicki S. Helgeson

Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Evaluation Process ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Future Research ◽

Job Status ◽

Face To Face ◽

Evaluative Feedback ◽

Evaluation Scores ◽

Before And After ◽

Intentions To Change

We investigated sex differences in response to evaluative feedback among bank employees who were going through the annual performance evaluation process. Questionnaires were mailed to employees before and after they had their face-to-face evaluation with their supervisor. Women and men received similar evaluation scores. Men's self-esteem was relatively unaffected by the nature of the feedback, whereas women's self-esteem slightly improved after positive feedback and substantially dropped after negative feedback. After the evaluations, women reported greater intentions to change their behavior based on the evaluation. However, this finding was accounted for by men's higher job status relative to women. The findings for self-esteem were partly explained by women's greater agreement with the feedback compared to men. Future research should explore how the nature of the supervisee-supervisor relationship influences how women and men respond to feedback.

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Gender and sex differences in job status and hypertension

Occupational and Environmental Medicine ◽

10.1136/oem.2009.049908 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 68 (1) ◽

pp. 16-23 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

J. E. Clougherty ◽

E. A. Eisen ◽

M. D. Slade ◽

I. Kawachi ◽

M. R. Cullen

Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Job Status

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Physical cues of partner quality

10.31234/osf.io/pk84y ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ian Stephen ◽

Severi Luoto

Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Sexual Attraction ◽

Online Dating ◽

Developmental Stability ◽

Mate Quality ◽

Men And Women ◽

Genetic Quality ◽

Physical Cues ◽

Psychological Mechanism ◽

Human Faces

The dominant evolutionary theory of sexual attraction posits that attraction serves as a psychological mechanism for identifying healthy, fertile, and appropriate mates. According to this theory, humans and animals display cues that reflect their mate quality and are perceived as attractive by potential mates. There is evidence for such valid cues in human faces, bodies, and in non-bodily traits, which include adornments and items that signal provisioning ability, creativity, artistic skills, or conspicuous consumption. In this chapter, we discuss the evidence for the existence of these facial, bodily, and non-bodily cues, and for their role in communicating aspects of partner quality, including health, fertility, developmental stability, genetic quality, and potential for parental investment. We further discuss sex differences in the kinds of physical cues that men and women rely on in mate choice. We conclude by noting how central and evolutionarily important physical cues are even in contemporary sexual selection, and how the importance of physical cues of partner quality manifests in evolutionarily novel inventions such as physical self-enhancements, social media, and online dating.

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Dependents as Signals of Mate Value: Long-term Mating Strategy Predicts Displays on Online Dating Profiles for Men

Evolutionary Psychological Science ◽

10.1007/s40806-021-00294-w ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Mackenzie J. Zinck ◽

Laura K. Weir ◽

Maryanne L. Fisher

Keyword(s):

Online Dating ◽

Mating Strategy ◽

Mate Value

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Sex Differences and Individual Differences in Human Facilitative and Preventive Courtship

Interpersona An International Journal on Personal Relationships ◽

10.5964/ijpr.v8i2.159 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 210-221 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Steven Arnocky ◽

Shafik Sunderani ◽

Graham Albert ◽

Kate Norris

Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Individual Differences ◽

Sex Difference ◽

Mating Success ◽

Mating Strategies ◽

Mate Value ◽

Men And Women ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

Undergraduate Men ◽

Positive Reciprocity

Although cooperative mating strategies have been observed in other species, the extent to which men and women act to facilitate the mating success of others has been under-researched, especially among unrelated individuals. The present study addressed this gap in knowledge by exploring potential sex differences and individual differences in attitudes toward facilitating and preventing friends’ mating among 256 heterosexual undergraduate men and women. Results showed that women were more likely than men to express attitudes toward preventing the sexuality of friends, whereas no sex difference existed in facilitative mating. For both men and women, positive reciprocity beliefs and high self-perceived mate-value predicted positive attitudes toward facilitative mating. Among women, preventive mating was predicted by low sociosexuality and high intrasexual (within-sex) competitiveness.

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