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Perhaps the link between fWHR and social status attainment is dependent on whether the context in such status is attained rewards likability and perceived trustworthiness or mere physical dominance/threat. | Perhaps the link between fWHR and social status attainment is dependent on whether the context in such status is attained rewards likability and perceived trustworthiness or mere physical dominance/threat. | ||
Indeed, it has been shown that people display a preference for men with greater fWHR in contexts of physical competition, and intergroup competition (such as contact sports).<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022103115000293</ref> | Indeed, it has been shown that people display a preference for men with greater fWHR in contexts of physical competition, and intergroup competition (such as contact sports).<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022103115000293</ref> | ||
This may be due to people being more comfortable with aggression toward the outgroup as opposed to within the ingroup (as fWHR is moderately positively correlated with perceptions of aggressiveness), <ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513814001640</ref> or it may simply be down to the fact that men with higher fWHRs are *actually* more | This may be due to people being more comfortable with aggression toward the outgroup as opposed to within the ingroup (as fWHR is moderately positively correlated with perceptions of aggressiveness), <ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513814001640</ref> or it may simply be down to the fact that men with higher fWHRs are *actually* more likely to triumph in intergroup conflicts. A study conducted in 2018 provides support for this hypothesis, as it was found that groups of Chinese business executives with a higher mean fWHR outcompeted other groups in business negotiations.<ref>https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2018-08880-001</ref> | ||
These negative perceptions can have serious consequences in affecting the decisions people make based on their instinctive appraisals of these men, as people appear to generally treat men with higher fWHR in accord with their superficial negative perceptions of them. This has been found in experimental economic games that involve co-operation and bargaining, such as the one-shot ultimate game, and economic games that involve the choice to either co-operate with, or alternatively, attempt to exploit one's opponent.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513816300411</ref><ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797610362647</ref> | These negative perceptions can have serious consequences in affecting the decisions people make based on their instinctive appraisals of these men, as people appear to generally treat men with higher fWHR in accord with their superficial negative perceptions of them. This has been found in experimental economic games that involve co-operation and bargaining, such as the one-shot ultimate game, and economic games that involve the choice to either co-operate with, or alternatively, attempt to exploit one's opponent.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513816300411</ref><ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797610362647</ref> | ||