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Pathogen disgust predicts women’s preferences for masculinity in men’s voices, faces, and bodies

Abstract

Recent studies suggest that pathogen-related factors may contribute to systematic variation in women’s preferences for masculinity in men’s faces. However, there is very little evidence for similar correlations between pathogen-related factors and women’s preferences for masculinity in other domains (e.g., men’s voices or bodies). Consequently, we conducted a series of studies to examine whether pathogen disgust (assessed using Tybur et al’s …

Authors

Jones BC; Feinberg DR; Watkins CD; Fincher CL; Little AC; DeBruine LM

Journal

Behavioral Ecology, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 373–379

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Publication Date

March 1, 2013

DOI

10.1093/beheco/ars173

ISSN

1045-2249