Institute of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznan, Poland.
Hum Nat. 2011 Dec;22(4):416-38. doi: 10.1007/s12110-011-9123-7.
Although scientific interest in facial attractiveness has developed substantially in recent years, few studies have contributed to our understanding of the ontogeny of facial preferences. In this study, attractiveness of 30 male faces was evaluated by four female groups: girls at puberty, nonpregnant and pregnant young women, and middle-aged women. The main findings are as follows: (1) Preference for sexy-looking faces was strongest in young, nonpregnant women. (2) Biologically more mature girls displayed more adultlike preferences. (3) The intragroup consistency for postmenopausal women was relatively low. (4) In terms of the preference pattern, pregnant women were more similar to perimenopausal women than they were to their nonpregnant peers. (5) Preference for youthful appearance decreased with the age of the women. I argue that the life history of female preferences for male faces is, to a large extent, hormone-driven and underpinned by a set of evolutionary adaptations.
尽管近年来人们对脸部吸引力的科学研究兴趣大增，但很少有研究能帮助我们理解脸部偏好的发展过程。在这项研究中，四位女性群体评估了 30 张男性面孔的吸引力：青春期女孩、未怀孕和怀孕的年轻女性以及中年女性。主要发现如下：（1）具有性感长相的面孔最受年轻、未怀孕女性的喜爱。（2）生物上更成熟的女孩表现出更像成年人的偏好。（3）绝经后女性群体的内部一致性相对较低。（4）就偏好模式而言，孕妇与围绝经期女性更为相似，而与未怀孕的同龄人则不太相似。（5）对年轻外貌的偏好随着女性年龄的增长而下降。我认为，女性对男性面孔的偏好的生命周期在很大程度上是由激素驱动的，并受到一系列进化适应的支持。
