Stereotypical and Actual Associations of Breast Size with Mating-Relevant Traits.
Breast size varies substantially among women and influences perception of the woman by other people with regard to her attractiveness and other characteristics that are important in social contexts, including mating. The theory of sexual selection predicts that physical criteria of partner selection...
| Publicado en: | Archives of Sexual Behavior Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 821 - 837 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=142084129&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 142084129 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00040002 ASX jtl: Archives of Sexual Behavior issn: 00040002 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2020 vid: 49 iid: 3 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 142084129 10.1007/s10508-019-1464-z ppf: 821 ppct: 16 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 799KB tig: atl: Stereotypical and Actual Associations of Breast Size with Mating-Relevant Traits. aug: au: Kościński, Krzysztof Makarewicz, Rafał Bartoszewicz, Zbigniew affil: Department of Human Evolutionary Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614, Poznan, Poland Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland su: Sexual attraction Interpersonal attraction Social perception Women Behavior Size of breast Research Research methodology Evaluation research Medical cooperation Comparative studies Breast Research funding sug: subj: Sexual attraction Interpersonal attraction Social perception Women Behavior Size of breast Research Research methodology Evaluation research Medical cooperation Comparative studies Breast Research funding keyword: Biological signal Breast size Physical attractiveness Sexual selection Biological signal Breast size Physical attractiveness Sexual selection ab: Breast size varies substantially among women and influences perception of the woman by other people with regard to her attractiveness and other characteristics that are important in social contexts, including mating. The theory of sexual selection predicts that physical criteria of partner selection should be markers of the candidate's desirable properties, mainly biological quality. Few studies, however, have examined whether breast size really signals biological quality or its components and whether observers accurately interpret these signals. Our first study encompassed 163 young women and aimed to establish actual correlates of breast size. The aim of the second study was to determine preferences and stereotypes related to breast size: 252-265 women and men evaluated female digital figures varying in, among other characteristics, breast size. Breast size (breast circumference minus chest circumference) was negatively associated with body asymmetry and positively associated with infections of the respiratory system, but did not correlate with infections of the digestive system, openness to casual sex, and testosterone and estradiol level. Women and men perceived breasts in a similar way to each other: the bigger the breasts the higher the reproductive efficiency, lactational efficiency, sexual desire, and promiscuity attributed to the woman. Nevertheless, large breasts were not regarded more attractive than average ones, though small breasts were the least attractive. In addition, big-breasted women were perceived as less faithful and less intelligent than women with average or small breasts. We discuss our results from the perspectives of evolutionary psychology, perceptual biases, and social stereotypes. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: journal article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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