Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge.
J Sex Res. 2022 Mar-Apr;59(3):354-359. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2021.1943737. Epub 2021 Jul 2.
Research shows that the female relatives of androphilic (i.e., sexually attracted to adult males) males have more children than the female relatives of gynephilic (i.e., sexually attracted to adult females) males. The mechanisms by which this occurs are unclear. The hypergyny hypothesis suggests that the female relatives of androphilic males have elevated attractiveness which allows them to obtain male partners with higher socioeconomic status, which in turn, provide them with more resources to produce and sustain multiple offspring. We tested whether the female kin of male androphiles are characterized by elevated attractiveness compared to the female kin of male gynephiles. The research was conducted among the Istmo Zapotec from Oaxaca, Mexico, where androphilic males are recognized as a third gender, . We recruited 115 gynephilic men who rated the facial attractiveness of 27 women with at least one sibling and 27 women with only gynephilic male siblings (i.e., control sisters). The results showed that gynephilic men found the faces of control sisters more attractive than the faces of sisters. This finding is inconsistent with the hypergyny hypothesis and suggests that elevated facial attractiveness is not the mechanism by which the female relatives of androphilic males achieve elevated reproduction.
研究表明，性倾向男性（即对成年男性有性吸引力）男性的女性亲属比性倾向女性（即对成年女性有性吸引力）男性的女性亲属生育的孩子更多。其发生的机制尚不清楚。超雌假说表明，性倾向男性的女性亲属具有更高的吸引力，这使她们能够获得社会经济地位更高的男性伴侣，而这些男性伴侣反过来又为她们提供了更多的资源来生育和抚养多个后代。我们测试了性倾向男性的女性亲属是否具有比性倾向女性的男性亲属更高的吸引力。该研究在墨西哥瓦哈卡州的伊斯特莫·萨波特克人中进行，在那里，性倾向男性被认为是第三性别。我们招募了 115 名性倾向女性的男性，他们对至少有一个兄弟姐妹的 27 名女性和只有性倾向女性的男性兄弟姐妹（即对照组姐妹）的面部吸引力进行了评价。结果表明，性倾向女性的男性认为对照组姐妹的面孔比姐妹的面孔更有吸引力。这一发现与超雌假说不一致，表明面部吸引力的提高并不是性倾向男性的女性亲属实现高繁殖率的机制。
