Known by the company she keeps: Women's friendship preferences influence interpersonal evaluations

Bradshaw, Hannah K.; Cunningham, Katja; Hill, Sarah E.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2021.111301

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“…Given that our research considered reproductive goals more relevant to women, it could be advantageous to identify social affordances of funny women to foster men's interest. For example, men could perceive women's humor use as diagnostic of having "guy's girl" qualities, which could increase their access to sexual opportunities (Bradshaw et al, 2022).…”

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Cheesy Does It? Comparing Women’s Preferences for Men’s Use of Successful and Unsuccessful Humor Displays

Brown¹,

Brown²,

Buckner³

2023

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One of the evolutionary functions of humor for men is to connote their interest to women. However, women’s prioritization of humor from prospective mates could foster especially judicious criteria for humor quality, which may have led selection to favor particularly funny men. The current research presents four studies comparing the desirability of men whose humor displays vary in quality (i.e., funny versus unfunny). Women prefer men capable of successful humor despite viewing both humor displays as similarly friendly (Study 1). This preference appears to be rooted in perceptions of investment potential (Study 2) and especially apparent for long-term mating (Study 3). Physical attractiveness additionally heightens a preference for funny men (Study 4). The mere connotation of interest through humor appears insufficient without the display actually being funny. We contextualize results from complementary perspectives of humor being sexually selected and connoting interest.

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Cheesy Does It? Comparing Women’s Preferences for Men’s Use of Successful and Unsuccessful Humor Displays

Brown¹,

Brown²,

Buckner³

2023

Preprint

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“…Given that our research considered reproductive goals more relevant to women, it could be advantageous to identify social affordances of funny women to foster men's interest. For example, men could perceive women's humor as diagnostic of having "guy's girl" qualities, increasing access to sexual opportunities (Bradshaw et al, 2022).…”

Section: Limitations and Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Whither the silly goose: Clarifying women’s preference for men’s successful humor displays across mating contexts and social affordance judgments.

Brown,

Buckner

2023

Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences

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One of the guys: Are masculine women less of a mating threat?

Hurwitz,

Bradshaw

2024

Personality and Individual Differences

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Known by the company she keeps: Women's friendship preferences influence interpersonal evaluations

Cited by 3 publications

References 60 publications

Cheesy Does It? Comparing Women’s Preferences for Men’s Use of Successful and Unsuccessful Humor Displays

Cheesy Does It? Comparing Women’s Preferences for Men’s Use of Successful and Unsuccessful Humor Displays

Whither the silly goose: Clarifying women’s preference for men’s successful humor displays across mating contexts and social affordance judgments.

One of the guys: Are masculine women less of a mating threat?

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