Preferred and actual relative height among male homosexual partners vary with preferred dominance and sex role

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11620/14:10173311

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0086534" target="_blank" >http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0086534</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086534" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pone.0086534</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Preferred and actual relative height among male homosexual partners vary with preferred dominance and sex role

Original language description

Previous research has shown repeatedly that human stature influences mate preferences and mate choice in heterosexuals. In general, it has been shown that tall men and average height women are most preferred by the opposite sex, and that both sexes prefer to be in a relationship where the man is taller than the woman. However, little is known about such partner preferences in homosexual individuals. Based on an online survey of a large sample of non-heterosexual men (N = 541), we found that the majorityof men prefer a partner slightly taller than themselves. However, these preferences were dependent on the participant's own height, such that taller men preferred shorter partners, whereas shorter men preferred taller partners. We also examined whetherheight preferences predicted the preference for dominance and the adoption of particular sexual roles within a couple. Although a large proportion of men preferred to be in an egalitarian relationship with respect to preferred dominance (

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AN - Psychology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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

Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

PLoS ONE

ISSN

1932-6203

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000330283100179

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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