Hill Sarah E, Buss David M
Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, CA 92834, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2008 May;34(5):635-47. doi: 10.1177/0146167207313728. Epub 2008 Feb 26.
Men's and women's mate preferences impose on each a unique set of adaptive problems that must be solved when judging the desirability of prospective mates. One potentially revealing source of information about an individual's desirability as a romantic partner is contained in the decisions made by same-sex others. The present studies predicted that men's and women's desirability assessments would be affected in opposite ways when target persons were depicted with members of the target's opposite sex. Study 1 (N = 847) documented that women rated men more desirable when shown surrounded by women than when shown alone or with other men (a desirability enhancement effect). In sharp contrast, men rated women less desirable when shown surrounded by men than when shown alone or with women (a desirability diminution effect) . Study 2 (N = 627) demonstrated similar sexually divergent effects for estimates of the desirability of same-sex competitors.
男性和女性的择偶偏好给双方都带来了一系列独特的适应性问题，在判断潜在伴侣的吸引力时必须加以解决。关于一个人作为浪漫伴侣的吸引力的一个潜在的重要信息来源，包含在同性他人所做出的决定中。本研究预测，当目标人物与目标人物的异性成员一起出现时，男性和女性的吸引力评估会受到相反的影响。研究1（N = 847）记录了，与单独出现或与其他男性一起出现相比，当看到男性被女性包围时，女性对男性的评价更具吸引力（吸引力增强效应）。与之形成鲜明对比的是，与单独出现或与女性一起出现相比，当看到女性被男性包围时，男性对女性的评价吸引力更低（吸引力降低效应）。研究2（N = 627）表明，对于同性竞争者吸引力的估计，也存在类似的性别差异效应。
