Sex differences in sexual attraction for aesthetics, resources and personality across age.

ABSTRACT: Because sexual attraction is a key driver of human mate choice and reproduction, we descriptively assess relative sex differences in the level of attraction individuals expect in the aesthetic, resource, and personality characteristics of potential mates. As a novelty we explore how male and female sexual attractiveness preference changes across age, using a dataset comprising online survey data for over 7,000 respondents across a broad age distribution of individuals between 18 and 65 years. In general, we find that both males and females show similar distribution patterns in their preference responses, with statistically significant sex differences within most of the traits. On average, females rate age, education, intelligence, income, trust, and emotional connection around 9 to 14 poin

SUBMITTER: Whyte S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8133465 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature