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Correlated Male Preferences for Femininity in Female Faces and Voices

Abstract

Sexually dimorphic physical traits are important for mate choice and mate preference in many species, including humans. Several previous studies have observed that women's preferences for physical cues of male masculinity in different domains (e.g., visual and vocal) are correlated. These correlations demonstrate systematic, rather than arbitrary, variation in women's preferences for masculine men and are consistent with the proposal that …

Authors

Fraccaro PJ; Feinberg DR; DeBruine LM; Little AC; Watkins CD; Jones BC

Journal

Evolutionary Psychology, Vol. 8, No. 3,

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

July 1, 2010

DOI

10.1177/147470491000800311

ISSN

1474-7049