Differential effects of resource scarcity and pathogen prevalence on heterosexual women's facial masculinity preferences

dc.authoridKleisner, Karel/0000-0002-3277-8365
dc.authoridTure?ek, Petr/0000-0003-2118-9909
dc.authoridPaluch, Rüzgar/0000-0002-3210-1338
dc.authorwosidKleisner, Karel/M-2718-2017
dc.authorwosidTure?ek, Petr/G-2386-2019
dc.authorwosidPaluch, Rüzgar/IAN-0047-2023
dc.contributor.authorSaribay, S. Adil
dc.contributor.authorTurecek, Petr
dc.contributor.authorPaluch, Ruzgar
dc.contributor.authorKleisner, Karel
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-19T15:11:34Z
dc.date.available2023-10-19T15:11:34Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.department-temp[Saribay, S. Adil] Kadir Has Univ, Dept Psychol, Istanbul, Turkey; [Turecek, Petr; Kleisner, Karel] Charles Univ Prague, Fac Sci, Dept Philosophy & Hist Sci, Prague, Czech Republic; [Turecek, Petr] Charles Univ Prague, Ctr Theoret Study, Prague, Czech Republic; [Turecek, Petr] Czech Acad Sci, Prague, Czech Republic; [Paluch, Ruzgar] Univ Utrecht, Dept Clin Psychol, Utrecht, Netherlandsen_US
dc.description.abstractThe present research focused on how environmental harshness may affect heterosexual women's preferences of potential male mates' facial characteristics, namely masculinity-femininity. The evidence on this issue is mixed and mostly from Western samples. We aimed to provide causal evidence using a sample of Turkish women and Turkish male faces. A video-based manipulation was developed to heighten environmental harshness perceptions. In the main experiment, participants were primed with resource scarcity, pathogen prevalence or neither (control). They then saw masculinised vs. feminised versions of the same faces and indicated the face that they would prefer for a long-term relationship and separately rated the faces on various dimensions. In general, masculinised faces were perceived as slightly more attractive, slightly healthier and much more formidable. A multilevel Bayesian model showed that pathogen prevalence lowered the preference for masculinised faces while resource scarcity weakly elevated it. The overall drop in attractiveness ratings in cases of high perceived pathogen prevalence, one of the strongest effects we observed, suggests that during epidemics, the formation of new relationships is not a favourable strategy. Implications for evolutionary theories of mate preference are discussed.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCzech Science Foundation [GA18-10298S]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe current research was supported by a Czech Science Foundation grant reg. no. GA18-10298S.en_US
dc.identifier.citation4
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/ehs.2021.42en_US
dc.identifier.issn2513-843X
dc.identifier.pmid37588556en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85115128185en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2021.42
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/5097
dc.identifier.volume3en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000721252800001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.khas20231019-WoSen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge Univ Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEvolutionary Human Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectCross-Cultural VariationEn_Us
dc.subjectSexual-DimorphismEn_Us
dc.subjectMate PreferencesEn_Us
dc.subjectVisual CuesEn_Us
dc.subjectTrade-OffsEn_Us
dc.subjectSymmetryEn_Us
dc.subjectFacesEn_Us
dc.subjectAttractivenessEn_Us
dc.subjectHealthEn_Us
dc.subjectAveragenessEn_Us
dc.subjectCross-Cultural Variation
dc.subjectSexual-Dimorphism
dc.subjectMate Preferences
dc.subjectVisual Cues
dc.subjectTrade-Offs
dc.subjectmate choiceen_US
dc.subjectSymmetry
dc.subjectfacial preferenceen_US
dc.subjectFaces
dc.subjectmasculinityen_US
dc.subjectAttractiveness
dc.subjectfemininityen_US
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectresource scarcityen_US
dc.subjectAverageness
dc.subjectpathogen prevalenceen_US
dc.titleDifferential effects of resource scarcity and pathogen prevalence on heterosexual women's facial masculinity preferencesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication

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