Vukovic Jovana, Jones Benedict C, DeBruine Lisa M, Little Anthony C, Feinberg David R, Welling Lisa L M
Department of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, UK.
Biol Lett. 2009 Feb 23;5(1):62-4. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0478.
The marked change in a woman's hormonal profile that happens at menopause affects many aspects of behaviour. We investigated circum-menopausal women's preferences for femininity in the faces of young adult men and women. Post-menopausal women demonstrated stronger preferences for femininity in same-sex faces than pre-menopausal women did. This effect was independent of possible effects of participant's age and suggests that dislike of feminine (i.e. attractive) same-sex competitors decreases as fertility decreases. No significant difference between pre- and post-menopausal women was observed for men's faces, potentially because circum-menopausal women do not necessarily view young adult men as potential mates. To our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate circum-menopausal changes in women's face preferences.
女性绝经时激素水平的显著变化会影响行为的多个方面。我们调查了处于围绝经期的女性对年轻成年男性和女性面部女性气质的偏好。绝经后女性比绝经前女性对同性面部的女性气质表现出更强的偏好。这种效应独立于参与者年龄的可能影响，表明随着生育能力下降，对女性化（即有吸引力）的同性竞争者的厌恶会减少。绝经前和绝经后女性在男性面部方面未观察到显著差异，这可能是因为围绝经期女性不一定将年轻成年男性视为潜在配偶。据我们所知，这是第一项证明女性面部偏好存在围绝经期变化的研究。
