Sexual attractiveness: Sex differences and overlap in criteria

2000 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 621-622
Author(s):  
John Marshall Townsend
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Objective Measure ◽  
Sexual Attractiveness ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Sociosexual Orientation ◽  
Genetic Benefits ◽  
Physical Trait

Women with high sociosexual orientation inventory (SOI) scores may trade signs of willingness to invest for signs of ability to invest, instead of, or in addition to, genetic benefits. The target person's status traits affect women's judgments of sexual/physical attractiveness more than men's. An objective measure of a physical trait such as FA is therefore crucial in untangling the factors affecting women's judgments of attractiveness.

scholarly journals Netflix and Chill? What Sex Differences Can Tell Us About Mate Preferences in (Hypothetical) Booty-Call Relationships

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 147470491881213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evita March ◽  
George Van Doorn ◽  
Rachel Grieve
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Mate Preferences ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Emotional Involvement ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Sexual Characteristics ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Women’S Preferences

The booty-call relationship is defined by both sexual characteristics and emotional involvement. In the current study, men’s and women’s preferences for a booty-call mate were explored. Men and women were predicted to exhibit different mate preferences depending on whether they considered a booty-call relationship a short- or long-term relationship. Participants ( N = 559, 74% women) completed an anonymous online questionnaire, designing their ideal booty-call mate using the mate dollars paradigm. Both sexes considered the physical attractiveness and kindness of a booty-call mate a necessity, expressing both short- and long-term mate preferences. The current study highlights the need to explore mate preferences outside the dichotomy of short- and long-term relationships, providing evidence of a compromise relationship.

Number of friends and self-perception among Jamaican children: the role of attractiveness and fluctuating asymmetry

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.S. Jacobson ◽  
R. Trivers ◽  
B.G. Palestis
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Fluctuating Asymmetry ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Mating Effort ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Research Paradigm ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Peer Associations

AbstractThe role that physical attractiveness and fluctuating asymmetry (FA), a measure of developmental instability, play in self-perception and peer associations were explored in a well-studied cohort of Jamaican children using a novel research paradigm where subjects were already known to each other for extensive periods of time. The results showed that how attractive a child was perceived by others was significantly positively correlated with self-ratings of attractiveness. Contrary to findings from WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) samples, the study found a reversal in the sex differences in self-perceived attractiveness and self-esteem, where Jamaican females rate themselves more attractive and report higher self-esteem than do males. Attractiveness also predicts overall popularity, as measured by desirability as a friend and the percentage of peers who choose an individual as a friend. Attractive individuals of both sexes were chosen more often as ‘friends’. A significant correlation was also found between an individual’s FA and the average FA of those chosen as friends. However, the effect was primarily due to preferences by males for female friends possessing similar levels of FA, which could be an effective strategy in reducing future mating effort.

Why Mate Choices are not as Reciprocal as we Assume: The Role of Personality, Flirting and Physical Attractiveness

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitja D. Back ◽  
Lars Penke ◽  
Stefan C. Schmukle ◽  
Karoline Sachse ◽  
Peter Borkenau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Mating Behaviour ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Mate Value ◽  
Speed Dating ◽  
Interesting Pattern

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.

Sex differences in factors affecting the daily variation of blood pressure

1988 ◽  
Vol 26 (10) ◽  
pp. 1019-1023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary D. James ◽  
Lily S. Yee ◽  
Gregory A. Harshfield ◽  
Thomas G. Pickering
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Daily Variation ◽  
Factors Affecting

Construction of a Scale for Measuring Development of Moral Judgement

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 613-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Laura Comunian
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Objective Measure ◽  
Moral Judgement ◽  
Theoretical Construct ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Age And Sex

The present research is a part of a study done to develop an objective measure of the development of moral judgement according to Kohlberg's theoretical construct. The Padua Scale of Moral Judgement and the relationship between empirical data and theory are presented. The scale was constructed from responses to the Sociomoral Reflection Measure–Short Form derived from Kohlberg's Moral Judgement Interview. Reliability and validity of the new scale as well as group age and sex differences were examined.

scholarly journals Are Sex Differences in Preferences for Physical Attractiveness and Good Earning Capacity in Potential Mates Smaller in Countries With Greater Gender Equality?

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 147470491985292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingshan Zhang ◽  
Anthony J. Lee ◽  
Lisa M. DeBruine ◽  
Benedict C. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Multiple Comparisons ◽  
Mate Preferences ◽  
Earning Capacity ◽  
Country Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
Physically Attractive

On average, women show stronger preferences for mates with good earning capacity than men do, while men show stronger preferences for physically attractive mates than women do. Studies reporting that sex differences in mate preferences are smaller in countries with greater gender equality have been interpreted as evidence that these sex differences in mate preferences are caused by the different roles society imposes on men and women. Here, we attempted to replicate previously reported links between sex differences in mate preferences and country-level measures of gender inequality in a sample of 3,073 participants from 36 countries (data and code available at https://osf.io/4sr5f/ ). Although women preferred mates with good earning capacity more than men did and men preferred physically attractive mates more than women did, we found little evidence that these sex differences were smaller in countries with greater gender equality. Although one analysis suggested that the sex difference in preferences for good earning capacity was smaller in countries with greater gender equality, this effect was not significant when controlling for Galton’s problem or when correcting for multiple comparisons. Collectively, these results provide little support for the social roles account of sex differences in mate preferences.

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