DeBruine Lisa, Jones Benedict C, Frederick David A, Haselton Martie G, Penton-Voak Ian S, Perrett David I
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
Evol Psychol. 2010 Dec 10;8(4):768-75. doi: 10.1177/147470491000800416.
Over the last decade, a growing literature has shown that women in the fertile phase of the menstrual cycle demonstrate stronger preferences for men with masculine traits than they do when in the non-fertile phases of the cycle (see Gangestad and Thornhill, 2008 and Jones et al., 2008 for recent reviews). In a recent article, Harris (in press; Sex Roles) failed to replicate this increase in women's preferences for masculine faces when women are near ovulation. Harris represented her study as one of only three studies on the topic, and as the largest of the existing studies. There are, however, many more studies on menstrual cycle shifts in preferences for facial masculinity in the published literature, including one that is 2.5 times larger in size than the Harris study. In this article, we review the evidence for cyclic shifts in mate preferences and related behaviors and discuss weaknesses of Harris's methods. Considered as a whole, the evidence for menstrual cycle shifts in women's preferences and behaviors is compelling, despite the failure of replication reported by Harris.
在过去十年中，越来越多的文献表明，处于月经周期排卵期的女性比处于非排卵期时，对具有男性特质的男性表现出更强的偏好（近期综述见Gangestad和Thornhill，2008年；Jones等人，2008年）。在最近一篇文章中，哈里斯（即将发表于《性别角色》）未能重现女性在接近排卵期时对男性化面孔偏好增加的现象。哈里斯称她的研究是该主题仅有的三项研究之一，也是现有研究中规模最大的。然而，已发表的文献中有更多关于月经周期对面部男性化偏好变化的研究，其中一项研究的规模比哈里斯的研究大2.5倍。在本文中，我们回顾了配偶偏好及相关行为周期性变化的证据，并讨论了哈里斯研究方法的不足之处。总体而言，尽管哈里斯报告了未能重现的情况，但女性偏好和行为出现月经周期变化的证据是令人信服的。
