Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China.
Institute of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, PR China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, PR China.
Vision Res. 2020 Mar;168:1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2020.01.005. Epub 2020 Feb 7.
The present study aimed to explore the influence of sexual dimorphism on the evaluation of the attractiveness of one's own face. In the experiment, a masculinized and a feminized version of the self-faces of the participants were obtained by transferring the original faces toward the average male or female face. The participants were required to rate the attractiveness of three types (original, masculine, feminine) of their own faces and the other participants' faces in same-sex and opposite-sex contexts. The results revealed that the participants rated their own faces as more attractive than other participants rated them regardless of the sexually dimorphic type (original, masculine, feminine) or the evaluation context. More importantly, the male and female participants showed different preferences for the three types of self-faces. Specifically, in the same-sex context, the female participants rated their own original faces as significantly more attractive than the masculine and feminine faces, and the male participants rated their own masculine faces as significantly more attractive than the feminine faces; while in the opposite-sex context, no significant difference among the attractiveness scores of the three types of self-faces was found in both the male and female participants. The present study provides empirical evidence of the influence of sexual dimorphism on the evaluation of the attractiveness of self-faces.
本研究旨在探讨性别二态性对面部吸引力评价的影响。在实验中，通过将参与者的原始面部向平均男性或女性面部转移，获得了男性化和女性化的自我面部版本。要求参与者在同性和异性情境下，对三种类型（原始、男性化、女性化）的自己的面部和其他参与者的面部进行吸引力评价。结果表明，无论面部的性别二态性类型（原始、男性化、女性化）或评价情境如何，参与者都认为自己的面部比其他参与者评价的更有吸引力。更重要的是，男性和女性参与者对三种类型的自我面部表现出不同的偏好。具体来说，在同性情境下，女性参与者认为自己的原始面部比男性化和女性化面部更有吸引力，而男性参与者则认为自己的男性化面部比女性化面部更有吸引力；而在异性情境下，男性和女性参与者都没有发现三种类型的自我面部吸引力评分之间存在显著差异。本研究提供了性别二态性对面部吸引力评价影响的实证证据。
