As it appears from this new study, men and women They perceive the beauty of the opposite sex differently depending on whether or not they consider them to be a long-term partner..
Thus, women perceive men as less attractive as long-term partners if they have first imagined them as one-night stands. In contrast, men perceive women as less attractive as one-night partners if they have first imagined them as long-term partners.
Different evolutionary strategies
Women and men show symmetrical biases, but in diametrically opposite ways. This is what a total sample of more than 3,000 individuals from different studies suggests.. Whatever the interpretation of such results, these biases are capable of producing spurious or inconsistent associations and mislead us when we compare studies that superficially appear similar.
It is not known why this happens, but it is probably related to the fact that both sexes follow different reproductive strategies. depending on what they should invest biologically: Men can ejaculate sperm whenever they want and get women pregnant; But women, once pregnant, invest months in the gestation process.
That is to say, women, on average, will find the commitment and fidelity of a man to be the most desirable trait, as he has more incentives to get other females pregnant. But men who are willing to commit, however, will conceptualize one-night stands differently: a kind of indiscriminate spread of genes.
However, so far no study has statistically controlled for the effect of the order in which participants consider the two types of relationships.
This would also explain the reason why beauty signs are different both in them (show more resources) and in them (show more beauty):
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Depending on whether you imagine someone of the opposite sex as a long-term partner or not, you will perceive their beauty differently.
was originally published in
Xataka Science
by
Sergio Parra
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