No evidence that sociosexual orientation moderates effects of conception probability on women's preferences for male facial masculinity.

ABSTRACT: Although many researchers have proposed that women will show stronger preferences for male facial masculinity when conception probability is high, empirical tests of this hypothesis have produced mixed results. One possible explanation for these inconsistent findings is that effects of conception probability on women's preferences for facial masculinity are moderated by additional factors not typically considered in these empirical tests. One such potential moderator is individual differences in women's openness to uncommitted sexual relationships (i.e., individual differences in women's sociosexual orientation); women who are more open to uncommitted sexual relationships might show stronger positive effects of conception probability on masculinity preferences, as their sexuality is more o

SUBMITTER: Lee AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10290078 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature