Self-rated attractiveness predicts preferences for sexually dimorphic facial characteristics in a culturally diverse sample

Abstract Individuals who are more attractive are thought to show a greater preference for facial sexual dimorphism, potentially because individuals who perceive themselves as more physically attractive believe they will be better able to attract and/or retain sexually dimorphic partners. Evidence fo...

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Autores principales:	Urszula M. Marcinkowska, Benedict C. Jones, Anthony J. Lee
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b49271714f2542e2ad4209dad64c141e2021-12-02T15:00:40ZSelf-rated attractiveness predicts preferences for sexually dimorphic facial characteristics in a culturally diverse sample10.1038/s41598-021-90473-32045-2322https://doaj.org/article/b49271714f2542e2ad4209dad64c141e2021-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90473-3https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Individuals who are more attractive are thought to show a greater preference for facial sexual dimorphism, potentially because individuals who perceive themselves as more physically attractive believe they will be better able to attract and/or retain sexually dimorphic partners. Evidence for this link is mixed, however, and recent research suggests the association between self-rated attractiveness and preferences for facial sexual dimorphism may not generalise to non-Western cultures. Here, we assess whether self-rated attractiveness and self-rated health predict facial sexual dimorphism preferences in a large and culturally diverse sample of 6907 women and 2851 men from 41 countries. We also investigated whether ecological factors, such as country health/development and inequality, might moderate this association. Our analyses found that men and women who rated themselves as more physically attractive reported stronger preferences for exaggerated sex-typical characteristics in other-sex faces. This finding suggests that associations between self-rated attractiveness and preferences for sexually dimorphic facial characteristics generalise to a culturally diverse sample and exist independently of country-level factors. We also found that country health/development moderated the effect of men’s self-rated attractiveness on femininity preferences, such that men from countries with high health/development showed a positive association between self-rated attractiveness and femininity preference, while men from countries with low health/development showed the opposite trend.Urszula M. MarcinkowskaBenedict C. JonesAnthony J. LeeNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Urszula M. Marcinkowska Benedict C. Jones Anthony J. Lee Self-rated attractiveness predicts preferences for sexually dimorphic facial characteristics in a culturally diverse sample
description	Abstract Individuals who are more attractive are thought to show a greater preference for facial sexual dimorphism, potentially because individuals who perceive themselves as more physically attractive believe they will be better able to attract and/or retain sexually dimorphic partners. Evidence for this link is mixed, however, and recent research suggests the association between self-rated attractiveness and preferences for facial sexual dimorphism may not generalise to non-Western cultures. Here, we assess whether self-rated attractiveness and self-rated health predict facial sexual dimorphism preferences in a large and culturally diverse sample of 6907 women and 2851 men from 41 countries. We also investigated whether ecological factors, such as country health/development and inequality, might moderate this association. Our analyses found that men and women who rated themselves as more physically attractive reported stronger preferences for exaggerated sex-typical characteristics in other-sex faces. This finding suggests that associations between self-rated attractiveness and preferences for sexually dimorphic facial characteristics generalise to a culturally diverse sample and exist independently of country-level factors. We also found that country health/development moderated the effect of men’s self-rated attractiveness on femininity preferences, such that men from countries with high health/development showed a positive association between self-rated attractiveness and femininity preference, while men from countries with low health/development showed the opposite trend.
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title	Self-rated attractiveness predicts preferences for sexually dimorphic facial characteristics in a culturally diverse sample
title_short	Self-rated attractiveness predicts preferences for sexually dimorphic facial characteristics in a culturally diverse sample
title_full	Self-rated attractiveness predicts preferences for sexually dimorphic facial characteristics in a culturally diverse sample
title_fullStr	Self-rated attractiveness predicts preferences for sexually dimorphic facial characteristics in a culturally diverse sample
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Self-rated attractiveness predicts preferences for sexually dimorphic facial characteristics in a culturally diverse sample

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