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SUBMITTER: Torrance JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10367481 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr-Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Torrance Jaimie S JS Kandrik Michal M Lee Anthony J AJ DeBruine Lisa M LM Jones Benedict C BC
Evolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior 20180401 2
When the adult sex ratio of the local population is biased toward women, men face greater costs due to increased direct intrasexual competition. In order to mitigate these costs, men may be more attuned to cues of other men's physical dominance under these conditions. Consequently, we investigated the relationships between the extent to which people ( N = 3,586) ascribed high dominance to masculinized versus feminized faces and variation in adult sex ratio across U.S. states. Linear mixed models ...[more]