Lai Ji, Ding Daoqun, Chen Xinling, Li Shenglan
Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Department of Psychology, Center for Mind and Brain Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Front Psychol. 2021 Sep 3;12:698712. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.698712. eCollection 2021.
High mating value is believed to correspond with high mating opportunities. On that premise, this study explores three cues that are linked to women of high long-term mating value, namely a "beautiful" facial appearance, "sexually attractive" body shape, and "virtuous" behavior. With exclusive attention focused on the above cues, this study examines what kind of human attributes would make a contribution to women's mating opportunities. The results reveal that both "beautiful" women and "virtuous" women were assessed (in this study) as having greater mating opportunities than "sexually attractive" women. In regard to the human attributes, only the "beautiful" woman was assessed as having high levels of human uniqueness and human nature. Meanwhile, "virtuous" women were assessed as having higher levels of human uniqueness but lower levels of human nature. In contrast, "sexually attractive" women were assessed as having lower levels of human uniqueness but higher levels of human nature. In addition, the results of a mediation analysis show that the trait of human uniqueness, and not human nature, was the mediator between the three types of women and women's mating opportunities. This finding means that, when women have higher levels of human uniqueness, they can acquire more mating opportunities. These findings contribute an improved understanding to why and how "beauty" or "virtue" increases the opportunity for woman to be selected as a spouse.
人们认为高配偶价值与高交配机会相对应。基于这一前提，本研究探讨了与具有高长期配偶价值的女性相关的三个线索，即“美丽”的面部容貌、“性感迷人”的体型和“贞淑”的行为。本研究专门聚焦于上述线索，考察何种人类特质会对女性的交配机会产生影响。结果显示，（在本研究中）“美丽”的女性和“贞淑”的女性都被评定为比“性感迷人”的女性拥有更多的交配机会。关于人类特质，只有“美丽”的女性被评定为具有较高水平的人类独特性和人性。同时，“贞淑”的女性被评定为具有较高水平的人类独特性，但人性水平较低。相比之下，“性感迷人”的女性被评定为具有较低水平的人类独特性，但人性水平较高。此外，中介分析结果表明，是人类独特性这一特质，而非人性，在这三种类型的女性与女性的交配机会之间起中介作用。这一发现意味着，当女性具有较高水平的人类独特性时，她们能够获得更多的交配机会。这些发现有助于更好地理解“美貌”或“美德”为何以及如何增加女性被选为配偶的机会。
