Women's preference for masculine traits is disrupted by images of male-on-female aggression.

Women's preferences for men's masculinized faces and voices were assessed after women (n = 331) were primed with images of male-on-male aggression, male-on-female aggression, pathogens, and neutral scenes. Male-on-male aggression and pathogen primes were associated with increased preferenc...

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Main Authors: Yaoran Li, Drew H Bailey, Benjamin Winegard, David A Puts, Lisa L M Welling, David C Geary
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4197028?pdf=render