Influence of sexual orientation, population, homogamy, and imprinting-like effect on preferences and choices for female buttock size, breast size and shape, and WHR

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11240/17:10326566 RIV/00216208:11110/17:10326566

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886916309011" target="_blank" >http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886916309011</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.08.005" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.paid.2016.08.005</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Influence of sexual orientation, population, homogamy, and imprinting-like effect on preferences and choices for female buttock size, breast size and shape, and WHR

Original language description

Secondary sexual characteristics that are consistently noticed by individuals of the opposite sex (e.g., female breasts) have been shown to be linked to individual qualities, such as health and/or fertility. However, it is not clear whether homosexual individuals seek similar traits in their potential partners as their heterosexual counterparts. Here we investigated preferences and choices for female buttock size, breast size and shape, and WHR among non-heterosexual women and heterosexual men in two diverse populations, Brazil and the Czech Republic. On average, participants mostly preferred younger-looking female breasts, medium to bigger buttock and breast size, and WHR of 0.7. However, men preferred bigger buttocks and breasts, and smaller WHR than women. Possibly, non-heterosexual women have lower motivation to search for indicators of fecundity and fertility in their potential female partners. Further, Brazilians preferred larger breasts and buttocks than Czechs, although there was no difference in preferred breast shape and WHR. We also found evidence for preferred homogamy and an imprinting-like effect among men and women. In general, preferences differed from actual choices. In sum, personal experience (imprinting-like effect), own characteristics (own physical traits, sexual orientation) and external factors (population) can calibrate individual differences in preferences for specific physical traits.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50103 - Cognitive sciences

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Personality and Individual Differences

ISSN

0191-8869

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

104

Issue of the periodical within the volume

January

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

313-319

UT code for WoS article

000386402400050

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84983784739