Garza Ray, Byrd-Craven Jennifer
Department of Psychology and Communication, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX, United States.
Oklahoma Center for Evolutionary Analysis, Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States.
Front Psychol. 2023 Feb 13;14:1067487. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1067487. eCollection 2023.
The current study investigated the ovulatory shift hypothesis, which suggests that women prefer more masculine traits when estradiol is high, and progesterone is low (E/P ratio). The current study used an eye tracking paradigm to measure women's visual attention to facial masculinity across the menstrual cycle. Estradiol (E) and progesterone (P) were collected to determine if salivary biomarkers were associated with visual attention to masculine faces in a short- and long-term mating context. Women ( = 81) provided saliva samples at three time points throughout their menstrual cycle and were asked to rate and view men's faces that had been manipulated to appear feminine and masculine. Overall, masculine faces were viewed longer compared to feminine faces and this was moderated by mating context, where women viewed masculine faces longer for a long-term relationship. There was not any evidence suggesting that E/P ratio was associated with preferences for facial masculinity, but there was evidence to suggest that hormones were associated with visual attention to men in general. In line with sexual strategies theory, there was evidence to suggest that mating context and facial masculinity are important in mate choice; however, there was no evidence to suggest that women's mate choice was associated with shifts across the menstrual cycle.
当前的研究对排卵转变假说进行了调查，该假说认为，当雌二醇水平高而孕酮水平低（即E/P比值）时，女性会更喜欢更具男性化特征的人。当前的研究采用了一种眼动追踪范式，以测量女性在整个月经周期对男性化面部特征的视觉注意力。收集了雌二醇（E）和孕酮（P），以确定唾液生物标志物是否与短期和长期交配情境下对男性化面孔的视觉注意力相关。81名女性在整个月经周期的三个时间点提供了唾液样本，并被要求对经过处理呈现出女性化和男性化特征的男性面孔进行评分和观看。总体而言，与女性化面孔相比，男性化面孔的观看时间更长，并且这受到交配情境的调节，即女性在长期关系中观看男性化面孔的时间更长。没有任何证据表明E/P比值与对面部男性化特征的偏好有关，但有证据表明激素与对男性的视觉注意力总体上有关。与性策略理论一致，有证据表明交配情境和面部男性化特征在配偶选择中很重要；然而，没有证据表明女性的配偶选择与整个月经周期的变化有关。
