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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doaj-00425369e8b44fadb50b2fc291e9eb772020-11-25T01:48:33ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-01910e11049710.1371/journal.pone.0110497Women's preference for masculine traits is disrupted by images of male-on-female aggression.Yaoran LiDrew H BaileyBenjamin WinegardDavid A PutsLisa L M WellingDavid C GearyWomen'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 preference for masculine traits, but the same effect emerged in the neutral condition. We show the increased preference for masculine traits was due to repeated exposure to these traits, not the priming images themselves. Images of male-on-female aggression were an exception; these elicited feelings of disgust and anger appeared to disrupt the preference for masculinized traits. The results suggest women process men's facial and vocal traits as signals of aggressive potential and lose any preference for these traits with cues indicating men might direct this aggression toward them.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4197028?pdf=render |
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Yaoran Li Drew H Bailey Benjamin Winegard David A Puts Lisa L M Welling David C Geary Women's preference for masculine traits is disrupted by images of male-on-female aggression. PLoS ONE |
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Yaoran Li Drew H Bailey Benjamin Winegard David A Puts Lisa L M Welling David C Geary |
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Women's preference for masculine traits is disrupted by images of male-on-female aggression. |
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Women's preference for masculine traits is disrupted by images of male-on-female aggression. |
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Women's preference for masculine traits is disrupted by images of male-on-female aggression. |
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Women's preference for masculine traits is disrupted by images of male-on-female aggression. |
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Women's preference for masculine traits is disrupted by images of male-on-female aggression. |
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women's preference for masculine traits is disrupted by images of male-on-female aggression. |
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1932-6203 |
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2014-01-01 |
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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 preference for masculine traits, but the same effect emerged in the neutral condition. We show the increased preference for masculine traits was due to repeated exposure to these traits, not the priming images themselves. Images of male-on-female aggression were an exception; these elicited feelings of disgust and anger appeared to disrupt the preference for masculinized traits. The results suggest women process men's facial and vocal traits as signals of aggressive potential and lose any preference for these traits with cues indicating men might direct this aggression toward them. |
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