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* Goldstein RB, Dawson DA, Stinson FS, Ruan WJ, Chou SP, Pickering RP, Grant BF. 2008. ''Antisocial Behavioral Syndromes and Body Mass Index Among Adults in the United States: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.'' Compr Psychiatry. 49(3): 225–237. [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730646/ FullText]] | * Goldstein RB, Dawson DA, Stinson FS, Ruan WJ, Chou SP, Pickering RP, Grant BF. 2008. ''Antisocial Behavioral Syndromes and Body Mass Index Among Adults in the United States: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.'' Compr Psychiatry. 49(3): 225–237. [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730646/ FullText]] | ||
=== | ===Across 91 studies, bodily masculinity was predictive of men's mating and reproductive success=== | ||
Lidborg et al. conducted a meta-analysis of several studies that examined the effects of various measures of physical masculinity (k = 91, N = 155,348). | Lidborg et al. conducted a meta-analysis of several studies that examined the effects of various measures of physical masculinity (k = 91, N = 155,348). | ||
The main objective of the meta-analysis was to examine two separate hypotheses about the evolutionary functions of | The main objective of the meta-analysis was to examine two separate hypotheses about the evolutionary functions of masculine phenotypic traits in men; both in a historical and contemporary context. | ||
The researchers examined the effects of physical masculinity on two (somewhat overlapping) domains; namely, how much these traits | The researchers examined the effects of physical masculinity on two (somewhat overlapping) domains; namely, how much these traits benefit men in either having greater [[reproductive success]] (more offspring), or sexual success, measured by recording participant's self-reported lifetime sexual partner count, copulation frequency, and age at sexual debut, among other things. | ||
Effect sizes of the studies included in the analysis were standardized and measured by Pearson's ''r'', and the outcomes for each of the measures of | Effect sizes of the studies included in the analysis were standardized and measured by Pearson's ''r'', and the outcomes for each of the measures of phenotypic masculinity are reproduced below, in the data section. | ||
Overall, body masculinity, height, Testosterone level, a deeper voice and 2:4D Digit Ratio | Overall, body masculinity, height, Testosterone level, a deeper voice and 2:4D Digit Ratio, a purported measure of prenatal testosterone exposure, were all significantly predictive of mating success, while facial masculinity was not. | ||
Of the various measures of physical masculinity that were examined, only body masculinity was found to be significantly associated with men's [[reproductive success]]. | Of the various measures of physical masculinity that were examined, only body masculinity was found to be significantly associated with men's [[reproductive success]]. | ||