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Variation in perceptions of physical dominance and trustworthiness predicts individual differences in the effect of relationship context on women's preferences for masculine pitch in men's voices
Jovana Vukovic, BSc (Hons); Benedict C Jones, PhD; David R Feinberg, PhD; Lisa M DeBruine, PhD; Finlay G Smith, BSc (Hons); Lisa L Welling, PhD; Anthony C Little, PhD
Several studies have found that women tend to demonstrate stronger
preferences for masculine men as short-term partners than as long-term
partners, though there is considerable variation among women in the
magnitude of this effect. One possible source of this variation is
individual differences in the extent to which women perceive masculine
men to possess antisocial traits that are less costly in short-term
relationships than in long-term relationships. Consistent with this
proposal, here we show that the extent to which women report stronger
preferences for men with low (i.e., masculine) voice pitch as short-term
partners than as long-term partners is associated with the extent to
which they attribute physical dominance and low trustworthiness to these
masculine voices. Thus, our findings suggest that variation in the
extent to which women attribute negative personality characteristics to
masculine men predicts individual differences in the magnitude of the
effect of relationship context on women’s masculinity preferences,
highlighting the importance of perceived personality attributions for
individual differences in women’s judgements of men’s vocal
attractiveness and, potentially, their mate preferences. |
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