Women's attractiveness changes with estradiol and progesterone across the ovulatory cycle

Puts, David A.; Bailey, Drew H.; Cárdenas, Rodrigo A.; Burriss, Robert P.; Welling, Lisa L. M.; Wheatley, John R.; Dawood, Khytam

doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.11.007

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“…Recent investigations have shown that near peak fertility, women's faces are not only rated as more attractive by observers, but are also characteristically more feminine in appearance (Oberzaucher et al, 2012;Puts et al, 2013;Roberts et al, 2004).…”

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Effects of exogenous testosterone and mating context on men's preferences for female facial femininity

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Ortiz

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Hormones and Behavior

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Correlational research suggests that men show greater attraction to feminine female faces when their testosterone (T) levels are high. Men's preferences for feminine faces also seem to vary as a function of relationship context (short versus long-term).However, the relationship between T and preferences for female facial femininity has yet to be tested experimentally. This thesis examined the causal role of T in modulating preferences for facial femininity across both short and long-term mating contexts, using two separate experiments. Results of Experiment 1 (within-subject design, n = 24)showed that participants significantly preferred feminized versus masculinized versions of women's faces. Further, participants showed a stronger preference for feminine female faces in the short-versus the long-term context after they received T, but not after they received placebo. Post-hoc analyses suggest that this effect was driven by a lower preference for feminine faces in the long-term context when on T relative to placebo.Results from Experiment 2 (between-subject design, n = 93) were highly consistent with those of Experiment 1: men demonstrated a significant preference for feminized female faces in the short-versus the long-term context after T, but not after placebo administration, and this effect was driven by lower preferences for feminine faces in the long-term context when on T relative to placebo. Collectively, these findings provide the first causal evidence that T modulates men's preferences for facial femininity as a function of mating context.

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Effects of exogenous testosterone and mating context on men's preferences for female facial femininity

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Welling

Ortiz

et al. 2016

Hormones and Behavior

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“…Cortisol was included in our analyses in addition to testosterone because of previous work demonstrating that engaging in intrasexual competition increases women's cortisol and testosterone levels (Bateup et al, 2002;Casto & Edwards, in press). All continuous predictors were centered on Hahn 9 their grand means (following, e.g., Puts et al, 2013) and women's partnership status was included as a between-subject factor (0 = unpartnered, 1 = partnered) entered at the participant level. Initial models included interactions between partnership status and each hormone, in addition to the effects of individual hormones and partnership status.…”

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A longitudinal analysis of women’s salivary testosterone and intrasexual competitiveness

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Psychoneuroendocrinology

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indicating that women reported greater intrasexual competitiveness when testosterone was high. By contrast, there were no significant effects of estradiol, progesterone, estradiol-toprogesterone ratio, or cortisol and no significant effects of any hormones on reported relationship jealousy. This is the first study to demonstrate correlated changes in measured testosterone levels and women's reported intrasexual competitiveness, implicating testosterone in the regulation of women's intrasexual competitiveness.

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“…OC use could therefore potentially influence both a woman's initial partner choice (if she uses OCs during relationship formation) and changes in her subsequent satisfaction with that choice (if she subsequently discontinues or initiates OC use; Roberts et al, 2012). Furthermore, because women's attractiveness to men also varies with menstrual cycle phase and OC use (Cobey, Buunk, Pollet, Klipping, & Roberts, 2013;Haselton & Gildersleeve, 2011;Havlíček, Dvorakova, Bartos, & Flegr, 2006;Kuukasjärvi et al, 2004;Puts et al, 2013), men's relationship satisfaction might also be influenced by changes in their partners' OC use.…”

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Partner Choice, Relationship Satisfaction, and Oral Contraception

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Hormonal fluctuation across the menstrual cycle explains temporal variation in women's judgment of the attractiveness of members of the opposite sex. Use of hormonal contraceptives could therefore influence both initial partner choice and, if contraceptive use subsequently changes, intrapair dynamics. Associations between hormonal contraceptive use and relationship satisfaction may thus be best understood by considering whether current use is congruent with use when relationships formed, rather than by considering current use alone. In the study reported here, we tested this congruency hypothesis in a survey of 365 couples. Controlling for potential confounds (including relationship duration, age, parenthood, and income), we found that congruency in current and previous hormonal contraceptive use, but not current use alone, predicted women's sexual satisfaction with their partners. Congruency was not associated with women's nonsexual satisfaction or with the satisfaction of their male partners. Our results provide empirical support for the congruency hypothesis and suggest that women's sexual satisfaction is influenced by changes in partner preference associated with change in hormonal contraceptive use.

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Women's attractiveness changes with estradiol and progesterone across the ovulatory cycle

Cited by 178 publications

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Effects of exogenous testosterone and mating context on men's preferences for female facial femininity

Effects of exogenous testosterone and mating context on men's preferences for female facial femininity

A longitudinal analysis of women’s salivary testosterone and intrasexual competitiveness

Partner Choice, Relationship Satisfaction, and Oral Contraception

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