Reply to Durkee: ‘Do the Maasai perceive weak walkers to be stronger and more attractive than strong walkers? A re-analysis of Fink
            <i>et al</i>
            . (2019)’

Fink, Bernhard; Butovskaya, Marina L.; Shackelford, Todd K.

doi:10.1098/rsbl.2019.0376

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“…Desperate) × 2 (Target Strength: Strong vs. Weak) mixed-models ANOVAs with repeated factors over the latter factor. Such an analytic strategy yields similar results with these stimuli as ostensibly more conservative analyses, albeit with greater ease of interpretation (Brown et al, 2023;Fink et al, 2019). Our outcomes were: perceptions of targets as effective fathers, disciplinarians, and as community leaders; perceptions of targets as willing to use more constructive forms of discipline; and perceptions of men as affording safety for their family.…”

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confidence: 74%

Coalitional Value of Formidable Men in Hostile and Desperate Ecologies

2024

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Perceivers consider the potential costs and benefits of men based on inferences of their physical formidability. Such inferences could implicate these men as affording coalitional protection, albeit at the risk of intragroup exploitation from formidable men. Whether formidability appears costly could vary across ecological contexts. We tested competing predictions on the signal value of strong men across different ecologies, with a preference for strong men in desperate ecologies representing a bodyguard hypothesis (i.e., benefits exceed the costs) and an aversion to strong men in these ecologies representing exploitation reduction. Participants evaluated the parental and coalitional affordances of strong and weak men described as living in a desperate or hopeful ecology. Consonant with bodyguard hypotheses, strong men further appeared as more effective community leaders in both ecologies, but the effect was larger in desperate ecologies. Strength further tracked perceptions of men's effectiveness as fathers in various domains. We frame these findings in light of how different components of men's formidability offer a unique signal value.

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Section: Primary Analysesmentioning

confidence: 74%

Coalitional Value of Formidable Men in Hostile and Desperate Ecologies

2024

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“…Given (a) the complexity of the analysis that could inflate the type I error rate, (b) predictions based around interactions, and (c) difficult interpreting main effects in this model, I reported the interactive effects in this analysis exclusively. My use of an ANOVA additionally afforded me the opportunity to interpret these effects more exhaustively compared to other ostensibly more conservative analyses (see Fink et al, 2019). Because I violated the assumption of sphericity, I have adjusted my omnibus degrees of freedom with a Greenhouse–Geisser correction.…”

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The face of getting over: Facial formidability informs expectations for the performance of male professional wrestlers.

Brown¹

2023

Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences

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“…The complexity of this analysis led me to report only interactive effects to reduce the likelihood of Type I Errors. This analytic strategy additionally affords more conservative analyses (see Fink et al, 2019). Table 2 provides relevant descriptive statistics.…”

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The Face of Getting Over: Facial Formidability Informs Expectations for the Performance of Male Professional Wrestlers

Brown¹

2023

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The simulated nature of professional wrestling requires promoters to identify performers who appear capable of winning legitimate fights. This appearance may track ancestrally relevant morphological features from which perceivers accurately infer men’s formidability. One feature through which perceivers infer men’s formidability is their facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR), which is diagnostic of men’s actual fighting ability and connotes heightened aggression. This study considered how fWHR informs how professional wrestling fans evaluate the effectiveness of men in their performance. Participants evaluated the extent to which men appeared effective at utilizing various performance styles and how likely they would be to promote these men to the top positions in a company. High-fWHR men appeared most effective as brawlers and powerhouses but less effective in more technical performances compared to low-fWHR men. Formidability additionally tracked an interest in positioning men to be stars of a company. These results indicate how functional formidability inferences inform modern decision-making in simulated combat based on expectations of physical prowess.

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Reply to Durkee: ‘Do the Maasai perceive weak walkers to be stronger and more attractive than strong walkers? A re-analysis of Fink et al . (2019)’

Cited by 3 publications

References 9 publications

Coalitional Value of Formidable Men in Hostile and Desperate Ecologies

Coalitional Value of Formidable Men in Hostile and Desperate Ecologies

The face of getting over: Facial formidability informs expectations for the performance of male professional wrestlers.

The Face of Getting Over: Facial Formidability Informs Expectations for the Performance of Male Professional Wrestlers

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