scholarly journals Sex difference in mate preference based on physical attractiveness in Japan: No longer present or still present?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Hiraishi ◽  
Ayano Saito ◽  
Maki Nishio ◽  
Nayu Fujii ◽  
Takato Mori
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Sex Difference ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Mate Preference ◽  
Resource Acquisition ◽  
The Other ◽  
Japanese Sample

Since Buss (1989) initiated research in the field, sex differences in preferences for long-term mates have been extensively studied in evolutionary psychology. Numerous studies have reported robust sex differences such as: 1) a preference for a younger mate is stronger in men than women, 2) a preference for an older mate is stronger in women than men, 3) women value traits associated with resource acquisition, such as economic status and educational attainment, more highly than do men, and 4) men value physical attractiveness more highly than women. However, our replication of Bech-Sørensen & Pollet (2016) did not to show a significant sex difference in the preference for physical attractiveness among a Japanese sample while the other sex differences (age differences and resource acquisition abilities) were significant (Study 1). We designed study 2 to test if the non-significance was an artifact of the item used to measure the preference for physical attractiveness. Study 2 showed that the sex differences were not statistically significant. In addition, the effect of sex was significantly smaller than the pre-determined smallest effect size of interest (SESOI). #Pre-registration of the study can be found at https://psyarxiv.com/acy9z

scholarly journals Pre-registration for "Sex difference in mate preference based on physical attractiveness in Japan: No longer present or still present?"

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Hiraishi ◽  
Ayano Saito ◽  
Maki Nishio ◽  
Nayu Fujii ◽  
Takato Mori
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Sex Difference ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Japanese Society ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Resource Acquisition ◽  
The Other ◽  
Japanese Sample

Since Buss (1989) initiated research in the field, sex differences in preferences for long-term mates have been extensively studied in evolutionary psychology. Numerous studies have reported robust sex differences such as: 1) a preference for a younger mate is stronger in men than women, 2) a preference for an older mate is stronger in women than men, 3) women value traits associated with resource acquisition, such as economic status and educational attainment, more highly than do men, and 4) men value physical attractiveness more highly than women. However, our replication of Bech-Sørensen & Pollet (2016) did not to show a significant sex difference in the preference for physical attractiveness among a Japanese sample while the other sex differences (age differences and resource acquisition abilities) were significant (Study 1). We designed study 2 to test if the non-significance reflected changes in the Japanese society or was an artifact of the item used to measure the preference for physical attractiveness. In this pre-reregistration, we will first report the results of study 1 and then propose the plan for study 2. (Preprint of the accepted manuscript can be found at https://psyarxiv.com/9hkbq).

scholarly journals Chinese and UK participants' preferences for physical attractiveness and social status in potential mates

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 181243
Author(s):  
Lingshan Zhang ◽  
Hongyi Wang ◽  
Anthony J. Lee ◽  
Lisa M. DeBruine ◽  
Benedict C. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Chinese Women ◽  
Budget Allocation ◽  
Mate Preference ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Diverse Cultures

Men are hypothesized to show stronger preferences for physical attractiveness in potential mates than women are, particularly when assessing the attractiveness of potential mates for short-term relationships. By contrast, women are thought to show stronger preferences for social status in potential mates than men are, particularly when assessing the attractiveness of potential mates for long-term relationships. These mate-preference sex differences are often claimed to be ‘universal' (i.e. stable across cultures). Consequently, we used an established ‘budget-allocation' task to investigate Chinese and UK participants' preferences for physical attractiveness and social status in potential mates. Confirmatory analyses replicated these sex differences in both samples, consistent with the suggestion that they occur in diverse cultures. However, confirmatory analyses also showed that Chinese women had stronger preferences for social status than UK women did, suggesting cultural differences in the magnitude of mate-preference sex differences can also occur.

scholarly journals Chinese and UK participants’ preferences for physical attractiveness and social status in potential mates (Registered Report)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingshan Zhang ◽  
Anthony J Lee ◽  
Hongyi Wang ◽  
Lisa Marie DeBruine ◽  
Benedict C Jones
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Chinese Women ◽  
Budget Allocation ◽  
Mate Preference ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Diverse Cultures

Men are hypothesized to show stronger preferences for physical attractiveness in potential mates than women are, particularly when assessing the attractiveness of potential mates for short-term relationships. By contrast, women are thought to show stronger preferences for social status in potential mates than men are, particularly when assessing the attractiveness of potential mates for long-term relationships. These mate-preference sex differences are often claimed to be ‘universal’ (i.e., stable across cultures). Consequently, we used an established “budget allocation” task to investigate Chinese and UK participants’ preferences for physical attractiveness and social status in potential mates. Confirmatory analyses replicated these sex differences in both samples, consistent with the suggestion that they occur in diverse cultures. However, confirmatory analyses also showed that Chinese women had stronger preferences for social status than UK women did, suggesting cultural differences in the magnitude of mate-preference sex differences can also occur.

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.

Response Differentiation in Infants: A Sex Difference in Learning

1974 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 479-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Vietze ◽  
Martha Foster ◽  
Steven Friedman
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Sex Difference ◽  
Visual Stimulus ◽  
The Other ◽  
Free Operant ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Response Differentiation ◽  
Baseline Levels

A visual stimulus was made contingent upon free-operant directional head turns in 10-wk.-old infants. Male infants significantly increased their rate of head turns to the rewarded side while rate of turns in the nonrewarded direction did not change from baseline levels. Female infants, on the other hand, did not demonstrate conditioning. The finding of a significant sex difference in response differentiation is discussed in terms of previous research which suggests that sex differences in conditionability may be a function of mode of reinforcement.

scholarly journals Sex differences in clinical characteristics and long-term outcomes in patients with vasospastic angina: results from the VA-Korea registry, a prospective multi-center cohort

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hack-Lyoung Kim ◽  
Sang-Ho Jo ◽  
Hyun-Jin Kim ◽  
Min-Ho Lee ◽  
Won-Woo Seo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Clinical Outcomes ◽  
Sex Difference ◽  
Coronary Stenosis ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Composite Events ◽  
Male Patients

Abstract Background Sex differences in clinical characteristics and prognosis of vasospastic angina (VA) have not been well elucidated. This study was performed to investigate sex-specific characteristics and predictors for long-term clinical outcomes in patients with VA. Methods We analyzed 1838 patients (55 years and 62% male) who were diagnosed with definite (n = 680) or intermediate (n = 1212) VA in ergonovine provocation test from a nation-wide VA registry. The primary study end-point was composite events including cardiac death, acute coronary syndrome, ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation, and atrioventricular block during clinical follow-up. Results Male patients were younger, and there were more smokers and alcohol drinkers in male patients than in female patients. During the median follow-up period of 760 days (interquartile range, 336–1105 days), there were 73 cases (3.97%) of composite events. There was no sex difference in the occurrence of composite events (log-rank p = 0.649). Concomitant significant (≥ 50%) organic coronary stenosis was associated with worse clinical outcomes in both male (hazard ration [HR], 1.97; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.01–3.85; p = 0.047) and female (HR, 3.26; 95% CI, 1.07–9.89; p = 0.037) patients. Obesity (body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m2) was associated with better prognosis in female VA patients (HR, 0.22; 95% CI, 0.07–0.68; p = 0.008). Even when only patients with definite diagnosis of VA were considered, there was no significant sex difference in clinical outcomes (log-rank p = 0.876). Conclusions In VA patients, there were several different clinical characteristics according to sex; however, long-term clinical outcome was similar between sexes. Significant organic coronary stenosis in both sexes and low body mass index (< 25 kg/m2) in females were associated with worse prognosis in VA patients.

Two Measures of Category Breadth: Age, Sex, Examiner Differences and Intercorrelations

1969 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 859-870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Penk
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Learning Task ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
The Other ◽  
Quadratic Trend ◽  
High Tolerance ◽  
Two Measures ◽  
Psychological Similarity ◽  
Linear Decline

Two measures of category breadth—an adaptation of Pettigrew's (1958) Category-width scale and a learning task called poggles (Wallach & Caron, 1959)—were administered in a battery to 100 children, ages 7 to 11, grades 2 to 6. Sex differences were not replicated. Significant age differences occurred. The two measures of category breadth evidenced different growth patterns: one measure followed a linear decline combined with a resurgence of means; the other measure showed a U-shaped quadratic trend indicating that youngest and oldest children used broader category breadths than intermediate-aged children. Examiner differences were not significant. Intercorrelations suggested that test correlates and behavioral referents of category breadth necessitated redefinition or elaboration. While broader categorization may continue to be defined as high tolerance for deviant instances in psychological similarity, it is not associated with the converse—high tolerance for nondeviant instances. Specifically, broad categorization negatively related to measures of comparatively mature levels of verbal abstractions.

Sex Differences in Mate Preferences in Australia: Exploring Evolutionary and Social-Economic Theories

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 18-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evita March ◽  
Ann Bramwell
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Mate Selection ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Mate Preferences ◽  
Economic Theories ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Potential Partner ◽  
The Status

Extensive research on sex differences in mate preferences has found that men desire the physical attractiveness of a potential partner more than do women, and women desire the status and resources potential partner more than do men. The aim of the current study was to explore these sex differences in mate preferences specifically in the Australian culture, a culture that has not yet received attention in mate preferences literature. The current study predicted Australian men and women would exhibit traditional sex differences in mate preferences. The current study also aimed to explore the effect of variation in Australian women's socio-economic status (SES) and their corresponding ratings of characteristics in a potential partner. One hundred and forty-four Australian participants completed a mate selection questionnaire and results supported traditional sex differences in mate preferences. Results also found that women's SES had no effect on desirability of status and resources, but positively related to desirability of physical attractiveness in a potential partner. Results are discussed in terms of evolutionary and social-economic theories.

An Evolutionary Perspective on the Interaction of Age and Sex Differences in Short-Term Sexual Strategies

2002 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 949-956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene W. Mathes ◽  
Christina A. King ◽  
Jonathan K. Miller ◽  
Ruth M. Reed
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Sex Difference ◽  
Mating Strategies ◽  
Evolutionary Perspective ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Sexual Strategies ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Sexual Strategies Theory ◽  
Age And Sex

Buss and Schmitt's sexual strategies theory (1993) suggests that short-term mating represents a larger component of men's than women's mating strategies. Assuming this sex difference there is potential for conflict. Symons argued that, because men are more interested in copulation than women, this gives women greater power in establishing conditions (short- vs long-term) under which copulation takes place. The result is that the conflict in sexual strategies is resolved in favor of women's relatively greater interest in long-term sexual strategies. This research tested the hypothesis that across ages men would decrease in desire to employ short-term mating strategies in favor of long-term mating strategies. Specifically, in Study I, men and women in their teens, twenties, and thirties or older were given a measure of desire for a committed relationship. It was predicted that women, regardless of age, would score high on desire for a committed relationship. In contrast, teenage boys would score low on desire for a committed relationship while men in their thirties or older would score as high as the women. In Study II both sexes in their teens, twenties, and thirties or older were given measures of desire for promiscuous sex. It was predicted that the women, regardless of age, would score low on desire for promiscuous sex. In contrast, teenage boys would score high on desire for promiscuous sex while men in their thirties or older would score as low as the women. Support was found for both predictions.

EFFECTS OF PRE- AND POST-PUBERTAL GONADECTOMY ON SEX DIFFERENCES IN GROWTH, ADRENAL AND PITUITARY WEIGHTS OF HAMSTERS

1967 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 555-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
HEIDI H. SWANSON
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Sex Difference ◽  
Linear Growth ◽  
The Other ◽  
Female Size ◽  
Adrenal Hormones ◽  
Female Hamster ◽  
Gonadotrophin Secretion ◽  
Continuous Presence

SUMMARY Unlike rats, the adult female hamster is heavier and longer than the male. The small size of the males appears to be dependent on the continuous presence of androgens, since castration before or after puberty results in an immediate acceleration of ponderal and linear growth, which is maintained until the female size is reached. The growth of females is not affected by gonadectomy. Another sexual dimorphism which is reversed in hamsters in comparison with rats is adrenal weight; males have heavier adrenals than females. Castration reduces both absolute and relative adrenal weights of males to the levels of females. It is possible that the sex difference in growth is mediated through a differential secretion of adrenal hormones. On the other hand, the sexual dimorphism in pituitary weights of hamsters is similar to rats; females have heavier pituitaries than males. This may reflect a sex difference in the pattern of gonadotrophin secretion, which may be similar in both species.

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