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No evidence that more physically attractive women have higher estradiol or progesterone

View ORCID ProfileBenedict C. Jones, View ORCID ProfileAmanda C. Hahn, Claire I. Fisher, View ORCID ProfileHongyi Wang, View ORCID ProfileMichal Kandrik, View ORCID ProfileJunpeng Lao, Chengyang Han, Anthony J. Lee, View ORCID ProfileIris J. Holzleitner, View ORCID ProfileLisa M. DeBruine
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/136515
Benedict C. Jones
University of Glasgow;
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Amanda C. Hahn
Humboldt State University;
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Claire I. Fisher
University of Glasgow;
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Hongyi Wang
University of Glasgow;
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Michal Kandrik
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Junpeng Lao
University of Fribourg
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Chengyang Han
University of Glasgow;
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Anthony J. Lee
University of Glasgow;
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Iris J. Holzleitner
University of Glasgow;
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Lisa M. DeBruine
University of Glasgow;
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Abstract

Putative associations between sex hormones and attractive physical characteristics in women are central to many theories of human physical attractiveness and mate choice. Although such theories have become very influential, evidence that physically attractive and unattractive women have different hormonal profiles is equivocal. Consequently, we investigated hypothesized relationships between salivary estradiol and progesterone and two aspects of women's physical attractiveness that are commonly assumed to be correlated with levels of these hormones: facial attractiveness (N=249) and waist-to-hip ratio (N=247). Our analyses revealed no evidence that women with more attractive faces or lower (i.e., more attractive) waist-to-hip ratios had higher levels of estradiol or progesterone. These results do not support the influential hypothesis that between-woman differences in physical attractiveness are related to estradiol and/or progesterone.

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No evidence that more physically attractive women have higher estradiol or progesterone
Benedict C. Jones, Amanda C. Hahn, Claire I. Fisher, Hongyi Wang, Michal Kandrik, Junpeng Lao, Chengyang Han, Anthony J. Lee, Iris J. Holzleitner, Lisa M. DeBruine
bioRxiv 136515; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/136515
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No evidence that more physically attractive women have higher estradiol or progesterone
Benedict C. Jones, Amanda C. Hahn, Claire I. Fisher, Hongyi Wang, Michal Kandrik, Junpeng Lao, Chengyang Han, Anthony J. Lee, Iris J. Holzleitner, Lisa M. DeBruine
bioRxiv 136515; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/136515

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