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The partner-switching hypothesis also broadly supports the bodyguard hypothesis. As women face physical threat from cuckolding their male partners, it makes sense that they would tend to prefer physically, socially, or otherwise dominant men for these extrapair copulations, perhaps in an independent manner from the direct benefits they get from partnering with a higher-quality mate. | The partner-switching hypothesis also broadly supports the bodyguard hypothesis. As women face physical threat from cuckolding their male partners, it makes sense that they would tend to prefer physically, socially, or otherwise dominant men for these extrapair copulations, perhaps in an independent manner from the direct benefits they get from partnering with a higher-quality mate. | ||
There is evidence supporting this, as some studies have found a correlation between metrics of [[body attractiveness]] (which would be a proxy of overall physical dominance) and men's likelihood of reporting having cuckolded other men.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513802001496</ref> | There is evidence supporting this, as some studies have found a correlation between metrics of [[body attractiveness]] (which would be a proxy of overall physical dominance) and men's likelihood of reporting having cuckolded other men.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513802001496</ref> | ||
Women also seem to prefer muscular men as short-term partners,<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0146167207303022</ref> and short-term mating in women may be broadly viewed as a tactic to achieve commitment from men who they perceive as higher-status than themselves. | Women also seem to prefer muscular men as short-term partners,<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0146167207303022</ref> and short-term mating in women may be broadly viewed as a tactic to achieve commitment from men who they perceive as higher-status and more dominant than themselves. | ||
This preference for muscular men could be explained by muscular men being more physically attractive (in line with the good genes hypothesis) or because they are perceived by women as being more able to gain and control resources (in line with parental investment theory).<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886923003161</ref> | This preference for muscular men could be explained by muscular men being more physically attractive (in line with the good genes hypothesis) or because they are perceived by women as being more able to gain and control resources (in line with parental investment theory).<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886923003161</ref> | ||