2,359
edits
Game: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→Max attractiveness body-building
| Line 114: | Line 114: | ||
A study done in 2009 investigated the reproductive success of men competing in a traditional ritual fight, Sereer wrestling, the first study of its kind. Involvement in wrestling had a significant positive effect on men’s number of offspring and a marginally significant effect on polygyny, controlling for age, body condition and socio‐economic status. These positive effects suggest that being involved in wrestling competition provides prestige, facilitating access to mates and thereby increasing fecundity. However, when women were interviewed on their preference concerning qualities of potential mates, the quality ‘being involved in wrestling competition’ was poorly ranked. This discrepancy may arise either from deceptive reports or from discordance between parents and daughters in the choice of a husband. Another possible explanation of this discrepancy between female preferences and mating success may be that selection is not acting through female choices, but rather through male–male competition: the prestige acquired by wrestlers may dissuade other men from competing for the same female. <ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01793.x</ref> | A study done in 2009 investigated the reproductive success of men competing in a traditional ritual fight, Sereer wrestling, the first study of its kind. Involvement in wrestling had a significant positive effect on men’s number of offspring and a marginally significant effect on polygyny, controlling for age, body condition and socio‐economic status. These positive effects suggest that being involved in wrestling competition provides prestige, facilitating access to mates and thereby increasing fecundity. However, when women were interviewed on their preference concerning qualities of potential mates, the quality ‘being involved in wrestling competition’ was poorly ranked. This discrepancy may arise either from deceptive reports or from discordance between parents and daughters in the choice of a husband. Another possible explanation of this discrepancy between female preferences and mating success may be that selection is not acting through female choices, but rather through male–male competition: the prestige acquired by wrestlers may dissuade other men from competing for the same female. <ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01793.x</ref> | ||
== Max attractiveness body-building == | == Max attractiveness body-building == | ||
A study by Kordsmeyer et al. 2018 found that men's mating success (defined as "an aggregate of participants' number of sexual partners within the last twelve months, lifetime number of one-night stands and of sexual partners without relationship interest") among university students was '''only''' related to how dominant other men perceived them. Women's attractiveness ratings were '''not''' predictive.<ref>http://larspenke.eu/pdfs/Kordsmeyer_et_al_2018_-_Intra-_vs_intersexual_selection_on_human_males.pdf</ref> Very likely that these findings would replicate '''in any''' '''institution''' (middle school, high school, at work, in prison, etc.). The issue is, the overwhelming majority of dating is done online now, outside of institutions, away from any physical male intrasexual competition. Thus leading to the rise of [[gymcel]]s as well as androgyny. Still women find muscles and physical dominance attractive irrespective of male intrasexual competition. | A study by Kordsmeyer et al. 2018 found that men's mating success (defined as "an aggregate of participants' number of sexual partners within the last twelve months, lifetime number of one-night stands and of sexual partners without relationship interest") among university students was '''only''' related to how dominant other men perceived them. Women's attractiveness ratings were '''not''' predictive.<ref>http://larspenke.eu/pdfs/Kordsmeyer_et_al_2018_-_Intra-_vs_intersexual_selection_on_human_males.pdf</ref> | ||
Very likely that these findings would replicate '''in any''' '''institution''' (middle school, high school, at work, in prison, etc.). The issue is, the overwhelming majority of dating is done online now, outside of institutions, away from any physical male intrasexual competition. Thus leading to the rise of [[gymcel]]s as well as androgyny. Still women find muscles and physical dominance attractive irrespective of male intrasexual competition. | |||
Researchers Aaron Sell, Aaron W. Lukazsweski and Michael Townsley in a blind, academic, peer-reviewed study, ''' found that cues of upper body strength account for most of the variance in men's bodily attractiveness''' <ref>https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2017.1819</ref> | Researchers Aaron Sell, Aaron W. Lukazsweski and Michael Townsley in a blind, academic, peer-reviewed study, ''' found that cues of upper body strength account for most of the variance in men's bodily attractiveness''' <ref>https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2017.1819</ref> | ||
In the study, women were asked to rate photos of men, and while height and leanness played a role, perceived strength played the largest role in which pictures women picked, with women choosing the men they perceived as stronger, and not ones they perceived as weaker. In fact, the women never chose weaker men, and there was no nuance to the results. '''Zero of the 160 women surveyed showed a statistical, actual preference for weaker men.'''<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/12/12/women-rate-the-strongest-men-as-the-most-attractive-study-finds/</ref> | In the study, women were asked to rate photos of men, and while height and leanness played a role, perceived strength played the largest role in which pictures women picked, with women choosing the men they perceived as stronger, and not ones they perceived as weaker. In fact, the women never chose weaker men, and there was no nuance to the results. ''' | ||
Zero of the 160 women surveyed showed a statistical, actual preference for weaker men.'''<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/12/12/women-rate-the-strongest-men-as-the-most-attractive-study-finds/</ref> | |||
== Scientifically attractive smells == | == Scientifically attractive smells == | ||