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dc.contributor.authorSell, Aaron
dc.contributor.authorLukazsweski, Aaron W
dc.contributor.authorTownsley, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-13T02:09:26Z
dc.date.available2018-04-13T02:09:26Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn0962-8452
dc.identifier.doi10.1098/rspb.2017.1819
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/373123
dc.description.abstractEvolution equips sexually reproducing species with mate choice mechanisms that function to evaluate the reproductive consequences of mating with different individuals. Indeed, evolutionary psychologists have shown that women's mate choice mechanisms track many cues of men's genetic quality and ability to invest resources in the woman and her offspring. One variable that predicted both a man's genetic quality and his ability to invest is the man's formidability (i.e. fighting ability or resource holding power/potential). Modern women, therefore, should have mate choice mechanisms that respond to ancestral cues of a man's fighting ability. One crucial component of a man's ability to fight is his upper body strength. Here, we test how important physical strength is to men's bodily attractiveness. Three sets of photographs of men's bodies were shown to raters who estimated either their physical strength or their attractiveness. Estimates of physical strength determined over 70% of men's bodily attractiveness. Additional analyses showed that tallness and leanness were also favoured, and, along with estimates of physical strength, accounted for 80% of men's bodily attractiveness. Contrary to popular theories of men's physical attractiveness, there was no evidence of a nonlinear effect; the strongest men were the most attractive in all samples.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoyal Society Publishing
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom20171819-1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto20171819-8
dc.relation.ispartofissue1869
dc.relation.ispartofjournalProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
dc.relation.ispartofvolume284
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther biological sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSports medicine
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode31
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode319999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode320225
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.titleCues of upper body strength account for most of the variance in men's bodily attractiveness
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorTownsley, Michael K.


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