Sacco Donald F, Young Steven G, Brown Christina M, Bernstein Michael J, Hugenberg Kurt
Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA.
Evol Psychol. 2012 Aug 22;10(3):573-87. doi: 10.1177/147470491201000313.
Because cost asymmetries in sexual reproduction have historically enabled women to exchange sexual access for other resources, including social resources, we tested the possibility that social exclusion would lead women to display an elevated preference for short-term mating strategies in the service of reaffiliation. In Study 1, women were given false feedback to manipulate social inclusion or exclusion prior to indicating their endorsement of short and long-term mating behaviors. Socially excluded women indicated greater interest in short-term mating and reduced interest in long-term mating. In Study 2, women wrote about a social inclusion, social exclusion, or control experience and then indicated their preference for different male body types. Women in the social exclusion condition preferred more muscular male partners--a pattern of preference typical of short-term mating--than women in the other conditions. Collectively, these results are consistent with a social exchange theory of women's sexual behavior following social exclusion.
由于在历史上，有性生殖中的成本不对称使女性能够用性接触来换取包括社会资源在内的其他资源，我们测试了一种可能性，即社会排斥会导致女性为了重新建立联系而表现出对短期交配策略更高的偏好。在研究1中，在女性表明对短期和长期交配行为的认可之前，给予她们虚假反馈以操纵社会接纳或排斥。社会排斥的女性对短期交配表现出更大兴趣，对长期交配的兴趣降低。在研究2中，女性写下一段社会接纳、社会排斥或控制体验，然后表明她们对不同男性体型的偏好。与其他条件下的女性相比，处于社会排斥条件下的女性更喜欢肌肉更发达的男性伴侣——这是短期交配中典型的偏好模式。总体而言，这些结果与社会排斥后女性性行为的社会交换理论一致。
