RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 No compelling evidence that preferences for facial masculinity track changes in women’s hormonal status JF bioRxiv FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory SP 136549 DO 10.1101/136549 A1 Benedict C Jones A1 Amanda C Hahn A1 Claire I Fisher A1 Hongyi Wang A1 Michal Kandrik A1 Chengyang Han A1 Vanessa Fasolt A1 Danielle Morrison A1 Anthony J Lee A1 Iris J Holzleitner A1 Kieran J O’Shea A1 Craig Roberts A1 Anthony C Little A1 Lisa M DeBruine YR 2017 UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/12/29/136549.abstract AB Although widely cited as strong evidence that sexual selection has shaped human facial attractiveness judgments, evidence that preferences for masculine characteristics in men’s faces are related to women’s hormonal status is equivocal and controversial. Consequently, we conducted the largest ever longitudinal study of the hormonal correlates of women’s preferences for facial masculinity (N=584). Analyses showed no compelling evidence that preferences for facial masculinity were related to changes in women’s salivary steroid hormone levels. Furthermore, both within-subject and between-subject comparisons showed no evidence that oral contraceptive use decreased masculinity preferences. However, women generally preferred masculinized over feminized versions of men’s faces, particularly when assessing men’s attractiveness for short-term, rather than long-term, relationships. Our results do not support the hypothesized link between women’s preferences for facial masculinity and their hormonal status.