Sex differences in response to physical and social factors involved in human mate selection: The importance of smell for women |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Humanities, University of Calabria, Rende, CS, Italy;2. Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences, and Dentistry, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy;1. Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA;2. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Boston College, Newton, MA, USA;3. Circadian Positioning Systems, Newport, RI, USA;4. E.P. Bradley Hospital Sleep Research Laboratory, Providence, RI, USA;1. Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, TU Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany;2. Smell & Taste Research Lab, Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, pl. Dawida 1, 50-527, Wroclaw, Poland;3. DKMS German Bone Marrow Donor Center, Kressbach 1, 72072 Tübingen, Germany;4. Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany |
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| Abstract: | A survey study examining the relative importance of various social and physical traits in heterosexual attraction was conducted. Data from 198 male and female heterosexual college students revealed that women ranked body odor as more important for attraction than “looks” or any social factor except “pleasantness.” Moreover, in contrast to response to fragrance use, liking someone's natural body odor was the most influential olfactory variable for sexual interest for both men and women. Men rated a woman's good looks as most desirable and as more important than any other factor except pleasantness. Sex differences in the relative ranking of several social factors were consistent with prior research. |
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