Facial masculinity and fluctuating asymmetry |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada;2. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, United States;3. Department of Psychology, Nipissing University, North Bay, Ontario, Canada;4. Physical and Health Education, Nipissing University, North Bay, Ontario, Canada;5. Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada;1. School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia;2. Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia;1. School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia;2. Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University Of Glasgow, Scotland, UK;3. School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews |
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| Abstract: | Recently, women have been found to prefer the scent of symmetrical men and relatively masculine male faces more during the fertile (late follicular and ovulatory) phases of their menstrual cycles than during their infertile (e.g., luteal) phases. These findings make most theoretical sense if men's symmetry is associated with the masculinity of their faces and, therefore, men's symmetry and facial masculinity tap a shared underlying quality. This study examined associations between masculine facial features and nonfacial body symmetry as well as facial symmetry in samples of 141 men and 154 women. As predicted, a component of facial features that discriminates the sexes and reflects masculinization of the face significantly covaried with symmetry in men. No significant correlation was observed for women. These findings suggest that men's facial masculinity partly advertises underlying developmental stability. |
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