Taller men are less sensitive to cues of dominance in other men

Watkins, Christopher D.; Fraccaro, Paul J.; Smith, Finlay G.; Vukovic, Jovana; Feinberg, David R.; DeBruine, Lisa M.; Jones, Benedict C.

doi:10.1093/beheco/arq091

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“…Taller men are physically stronger (Carrier, 2011;Sell et al, 2009), are less sensitive to cues of dominance of other men (Watkins et al, 2010) and respond with less jealousy towards socially and physically dominant rivals than shorter men do (Buunk, Park, Zurriaga, Klavina, & Massar, 2008). It is possible, therefore, that taller men are more likely to emerge as leaders and attain high social status within groups and more broadly within society due to their increased dominance status.…”

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Tall claims? Sense and nonsense about the importance of height of US presidents

Stulp

Buunk

Verhulst³

et al. 2013

The Leadership Quarterly

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Tall claims? Sense and nonsense about the importance of height of US presidents

Stulp

Buunk

Verhulst³

et al. 2013

The Leadership Quarterly

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“…Stature, too, can be construed as a stereotypic masculine (physical) message or theme and may be of particular relevance to three of the masculine social messages/domains comprising this construct-i.e., winning, dominance, and the pursuit of status-given that they may co-occur (or are at least perceived to occur) with stature. For example, to achieve a level of dominance, stature (more than others) may be seen as an important characteristic (e.g., for evidence of this trend in a British sample, see Watkins et al 2010). …”

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Masculinity and the Distortion of Self-Reported Height in Men

Bogaert

McCreary

2011

Sex Roles

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In this study, we examined whether aspects of the masculine gender role predict the distortion of self-reported height in men. The sample of men (N=220) were from a mid-sized university in Ontario, Canada and ranged in age from 17.92 through 29.25 years. The men reported their height and completed scales measuring masculine, genderrelated characteristics (Agency, Unmitigated Agency, gender-typed Occupational Preferences and Conformity to Male Norms). An experimenter also measured the men's height using a standardized scale. As expected, the men over-reported their height. Shorter men exaggerated their height more than taller men. Also, as expected, a linear regression analysis revealed that certain masculine, genderrelated characteristics (Unmitigated Agency and Occupational Preferences) predicted an over-reporting of height. These results suggest that men higher in some stereotypically masculine gender role characteristics have an elevated need to achieve socially desirable masculine physical characteristics, and do so to such a degree that they are prone to distorting this important aspect of their body size. Implications of these results (e.g., the reliability of selfreport height) are discussed.

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“…This complements other recent work on the importance of male-male competition in shaping social perception (e.g., Hill et al, 2013;Puts, 2010;Watkins et al, 2010a) and behaviour (reviewed in Archer, 2009) more generally. Indeed, while the perceiver"s own dominance shapes how men judge other men"s dominance from vocal cues (Watkins et al, 2010b), here it shapes how men judge other men"s…”

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It’s the way he tells them (and who is listening): men’s dominance is positively correlated with their preference for jokes told by dominant-sounding men

Cowan

Watkins

Fraccaro

et al. 2016

Evolution and Human Behavior

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It's the way he tells them (and who is listening): Men's dominance is positively correlated with their preference for jokes told by dominant-sounding men AbstractWhile much research has explored humorous exchange in relation to mate choice, recent perspectives have emphasized the importance of humor for monitoring interest within social partnerships more generally. Indeed, given that similarity is thought to be important in the maintenance of social partnerships, we may expect humor appreciation to vary according to the degree of similarity between humor producers and recipients. In the current study we report evidence for such variation that is specific to men"s judgments of other men"s humor. Here we manipulated voice pitch in a set of "one-liner" jokes to create low-pitched and high-pitched versions of men and women telling jokes. A composite measure of men"s own dominance was positively correlated with their preference for jokes told by other men with lowered voice pitch (a vocal cue to dominance). A follow-up study demonstrated that selfreported dominance was positively related to men"s choice of low-pitch men as friends when judging humorous audio clips but not when judging neutral control audio clips, suggesting that humour may be important in mediating the effect of dominance on friendship choice. These studies indicate systematic variation in humor appreciation related to friendship choices which may function to promote cohesion within male partnerships based on status.

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Taller men are less sensitive to cues of dominance in other men

Cited by 97 publications

References 53 publications

Tall claims? Sense and nonsense about the importance of height of US presidents

Tall claims? Sense and nonsense about the importance of height of US presidents

Masculinity and the Distortion of Self-Reported Height in Men

It’s the way he tells them (and who is listening): men’s dominance is positively correlated with their preference for jokes told by dominant-sounding men

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