No evidence that women using oral contraceptives have weaker preferences for masculine characteristics in men's faces.

ABSTRACT: Previous research has suggested that women using oral contraceptives show weaker preferences for masculine men than do women not using oral contraceptives. Such research would be consistent with the hypothesis that steroid hormones influence women's preferences for masculine men. Recent large-scale longitudinal studies, however, have found limited evidence linking steroid hormones to masculinity preferences. Given the relatively small samples used in previous studies investigating putative associations between masculinity preferences and oral contraceptive use, we compared the facial masculinity preferences of women using oral contraceptives and women not using oral contraceptives in a large online sample of 6482 heterosexual women. We found no evidence that women using oral contraceptives

SUBMITTER: Marcinkowska UM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6328097 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature