Journal
EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
Volume 31, Issue 1, Pages 69-74Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.09.003
Keywords
Masculinity; Disgust; Pathogens; Individual differences
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Because women's preferences for male masculinity reflect tradeoffs between the benefits of greater genetic health and the costs of lower paternal investment, variables that affect the importance of these costs and benefits also affect masculinity preferences. Concern about disease and pathogens may be one such variable. Here we show that disgust sensitivity in the pathogen domain is positively correlated with facial masculinity preferences, but disgust sensitivity in the moral and sexual domains is not. Our findings present novel evidence that systematic variation in women's preferences for masculine men reflects factors that influence how women resolve the tradeoff between the benefits and costs associated with choosing a masculine partner. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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