Functional inferences of mating orientations through body fat and sex-typical body features

被引：15

作者：

Brown, Mitch ^{[1
]}

Boykin, Kaitlyn ^{[2
]}

Sacco, Donald F. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Arkansas, Dept Psychol Sci, Mem Hall 216, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA

[2] Univ Southern Mississippi, Dept Psychol, Hattiesburg, MS USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS | 2022年 / 39卷 / 07期

关键词：

Mate preferences; stereotyping; intrasexual competition; body perception; BREAST SIZE; FACIAL HAIR; ATTRACTIVENESS; PREFERENCES; HEALTH; CUE; TESTOSTERONE; PERCEPTIONS; PERSPECTIVE; MUSCULARITY;

D O I：

10.1177/02654075221076455

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

Identifying reproductive opportunities and intrasexual rivals has necessitated the evolution of sensitivity to features diagnostic of mate value. In determining the presence of good genes through physical features, individuals may additionally infer targets' short- and long-term mating orientations. This study tested how individuals perceive men's and women's orientations through physical features conducive to reproductive goals. Participants evaluated mating orientations of male and female targets varying in size of sex-typical features (i.e., muscles or breasts) and adiposity. Greater adiposity connoted long-term mating orientations. Large muscles and breasts connoted short-term mating orientations. We frame results from an affordance management framework with respect to inferences regarding parental investment and intrasexual competition.

引用

页码：2228 / 2238

页数：11

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