Physical attractiveness of face and body as indicators of physical fitness in men

Hönekopp, Johannes; Rudolph, Udo; Beier, L; Liebert, Andreas; Müller, Constanze

doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2006.09.001

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“…large jaws and pronounced brows) and bodily (i.e. broad shoulders, narrow hips, tallness) traits positively correlate with health status, physical strength and self-reported mating success (Fink et al, 2007;Gallup et al, 2007;Hönekopp et al, 2007;La Batide-Alanore et al, 2003;Prokop and Fedor, 2013;Samson et al, 2000;Smith et al, 2000;Thornhill and Gangestad, 2006).…”

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What makes a voice masculine: Physiological and acoustical correlates of women's ratings of men's vocal masculinity

Cartei

Bond

Reby

2014

Hormones and Behavior

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What makes a voice masculine: Physiological and acoustical correlates of women's ratings of men's vocal masculinity

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Bond

Reby

2014

Hormones and Behavior

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“…Other evidence of women's preferences for higher WHRs has been reported by SINGH (1995) who showed that women prefer men with higher, 0.9-1.0, WHRs over more feminine WHRs and find them most attractive in "normal" weight conditions. Moreover, men's bodily physical attractiveness has been linked to physical fitness (HÖNEKOPP et al 2007); more masculine men rate themselves as sexier and men have been found, cross-culturally, to desire having a masculine physique ).…”

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Iranian men's waist-to-hip ratios, shoulder-to-hip ratios, body esteem and self-efficacy

Pazhoohi¹,

Hosseinchari²,

Doyle³

2012

Journal of Evolutionary Psychology

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Abstract. Waist-to-chest (WCR) and waist-to-shoulder (WSR) ratios are good predictors of male physical attractiveness and women have been shown to prefer higher waist-to-hip ratios (WHR) in men. This study addresses relationships between men's body shapes and their feelings about appearance, weight and how others perceive them. The experimental results reported here demonstrate relationships between Iranian men's shoulder-to-hip ratio (SHR) and WHR on self-reported body esteem and self-efficacy. Increases of SHR and WHR in these men were positively correlated with body esteem and increases of SHR with general self-efficacy. BMI was not correlated with either. These findings are interpreted in reference to men's preferences for feminine ranges of WHR regardless of actual biological sex in relation to varying preferences that have been found cross-culturally and to self-perceived masculinity in relation to their mate and coalitional membership value.

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“…Thornhill and Grammer (1999) found correlations between independent ratings of attractiveness in women's bodies and faces, suggesting the two domains act as a single ornament of quality, though the correlations were relatively low (face and frontal view of body, r = .30; face and back view of body, r = .33). Conversely, Peters, Rhodes, and Simmons (2007) found that face and body attractiveness did not interact in judgments of overall attractiveness, and Hönekopp, Rudolph, Beier, Liebert, and Müller (2007) found men's physical fitness correlates with body attractiveness, but not face attractiveness. These results indicate that faces and bodies have separate cues to attractiveness.…”

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Concordant preferences for actual height and facial cues to height

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Perrett

2012

Personality and Individual Differences

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a b s t r a c tPhysical height has a well-documented effect on human mate preferences. In general, both sexes prefer opposite-sex romantic relationships in which the man is taller than the woman, while individual preferences for height are affected by a person's own height. Research in human mate choice has demonstrated that attraction to facial characteristics, such as facial adiposity, may reflect preferences for body characteristics. Here, we tested preferences for facial cues to height. In general, increasing apparent height in men's faces and slightly decreasing apparent height in women's faces maximizes perceived attractiveness. Individual preferences for facial cues to height were predicted by self-reported preferences for actual height. Furthermore, women's own height predicted opposite-sex preferences for facial cues to apparent height, though this finding did not extend to male participants. These findings validate the use of facial cues to height and demonstrate a further component of facial attractiveness that reflects preferences for body characteristics.

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Physical attractiveness of face and body as indicators of physical fitness in men

Cited by 108 publications

References 40 publications

What makes a voice masculine: Physiological and acoustical correlates of women's ratings of men's vocal masculinity

What makes a voice masculine: Physiological and acoustical correlates of women's ratings of men's vocal masculinity

Iranian men's waist-to-hip ratios, shoulder-to-hip ratios, body esteem and self-efficacy

Concordant preferences for actual height and facial cues to height

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