Objectives

Because more attractive women may be better able to attract and/or retain masculine mates, many researchers have proposed that women who consider themselves to be more physically attractive will show stronger preferences for men displaying masculine facial characteristics. Empirical evidence for this putative association between women’s self-rated attractiveness and preference for facial masculinity has come almost entirely from studies of Western women. Thus, we investigated whether this pattern of results also occurs in a sample of non-Western women.

Methods

We investigated the relationship between self-rated attractiveness and facial-masculinity preferences in a sample of Arab women (N = 281). Facial-masculinity preferences were assessed from attractiveness judgments of masculinized versus feminized versions of face images.

Results

By contrast with previous findings for Western women’s self-rated attractiveness, we observed no compelling evidence that Arab women who considered themselves to be more attractive showed stronger preferences for masculine men.

Conclusions

Our results suggest that previously reported associations between self-rated attractiveness and masculinity preferences might be somewhat culture specific, potentially reflecting cultural differences in typical mating strategies.

中文翻译：

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自我评价的吸引力是否可以预测女性对男性阳刚的偏爱？阿拉伯样品的数据

目标

由于更具魅力的女性可能会更好地吸引和/或保留男性伴侣，因此许多研究人员提出，认为自己在身体上更具吸引力的女性对表现出男性面部特征的男性表现出更强的偏好。关于妇女的自我评价的吸引力和对面部阳刚之气的偏好之间的这种推定联系的经验证据几乎完全来自西方妇女的研究。因此，我们调查了这种结果模式是否也出现在非西方女性样本中。

方法

我们调查了阿拉伯妇女（N = 281）样本中自我评价的吸引力与面部男性偏好之间的关系。根据男性化版本与女性化版本的面部图像的吸引力判断，评估了面部男性气质的偏爱。

结果

与西方女性自我评价吸引力的先前发现相反，我们没有观察到有力的证据表明认为自己更具吸引力的阿拉伯女性表现出对男性男性的强烈偏好。

结论

我们的研究结果表明，先前报道的自我评价的吸引力与男性气质偏好之间的关联可能是特定于文化的，这可能反映了典型交配策略中的文化差异。