Resource Security Impacts Men’s Female Breast Size Preferences

Witt, Jessica, Swami, Viren and Tovée, Martin (2013) Resource Security Impacts Men’s Female Breast Size Preferences. PLoS ONE, 8 (3). e57623. ISSN 1932-6203

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057623

Abstract

It has been suggested human female breast size may act as signal of fat reserves, which in turn indicates access to resources. Based on this perspective, two studies were conducted to test the hypothesis that men experiencing relative resource insecurity should perceive larger breast size as more physically attractive than men experiencing resource security. In Study 1, 266 men from three sites in Malaysia varying in relative socioeconomic status (high to low) rated a series of animated figures varying in breast size for physical attractiveness. Results showed that men from the low socioeconomic context rated larger breasts as more attractive than did men from the medium socioeconomic context, who in turn perceived larger breasts as attractive than men from a high socioeconomic context. Study 2 compared the breast size judgements of 66 hungry versus 58 satiated men within the same environmental context in Britain. Results showed that hungry men rated larger breasts as significantly more attractive than satiated men. Taken together, these studies provide evidence that resource security impacts upon men's attractiveness ratings based on women's breast size.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: C800 Psychology
Department: Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Psychology
Depositing User: John Coen
Date Deposited: 28 Feb 2020 09:26
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2021 19:34
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/42271

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