Promiscuity is related to masculine and feminine body traits in both men and women: Evidence from Brazilian and Czech samples

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11620%2F14%3A10282334" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11620/14:10282334 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376635714001570?np=y" target="_blank" >http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376635714001570?np=y</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2014.07.010" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.beproc.2014.07.010</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Promiscuity is related to masculine and feminine body traits in both men and women: Evidence from Brazilian and Czech samples

Original language description

One of the possible explanations for human within-sex variation in promiscuity stems from conditional strategies dependent on the level of body sex-dimorphism. There is some evidence that masculine men and feminine women are more promiscuous than their sex-atypical counterparts, although mixed results persist. Moreover, another line of evidence shows that more promiscuous women are rather sex-atypical. We tested whether diverse sex-dimorphic body measures (2D:4D, WHR/WSR, handgrip strength, and height and weight) influence sociosexual desires, attitudes, promiscuous behavior, and age of first intercourse in a sex-typical or sex-atypical direction. Participants were 185 young adults, 51 men and 54 women from Brazil, and 40 men and 40 women from the Czech Republic. In men stronger handgrip and more feminine 2D:4D predicted higher sociosexual behaviors, desires, and lower age of the first sexual intercourse. While in women, sociosexual desires were predicted by lower handgrip strength and more feminine 2D:4D. It thus seems that it is rather a mixture of masculine and feminine traits in men, and feminine traits in women that increase their sociosexuality. Masculine traits (height) predicting female promiscuous behavior were specific for only one population. In conclusion, a mosaic combination of sex-typical but also sex-atypical independent body traits can lead to higher promiscuity, particularly in men. Limitations, implications, and future directions for research are considered.

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

50404 - Anthropology, ethnology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GP13-16959P" target="_blank" >GP13-16959P: Possible Influence of Relationship Hierarchy on The Level of Homogamy in Same-Sex Relationships and Mate Preferences (A Cross-Cultural Study)</a><br>

Continuities

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

Behavioural Processes

ISSN

0376-6357

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

2014

Issue of the periodical within the volume

109

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

34-39

UT code for WoS article

000347742800006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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