But there were strong theoretical reasons to suspect ovulatory cycle shifts -- just as one sees in thousands of other mammal species.
Earlier research said ovulating women prefer more masculine faces in mates. New study, largest ever, says nope.http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/05/11/136549 …
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No, I think there are shifts in some preferences (and in attractiveness), but I've become more skeptical about the facial masculinity thing.
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We've got another preprint addressing the hormones-attractiveness linkhttps://mobile.twitter.com/biorxivpreprint/status/862396853094150145 …
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also the preference for masculine faces in short-term mating seems like a small effect overwhelmed by heritability https://www2.psy.uq.edu.au/~uqbziets/Zietsch%20et%20al%202015%20Variation%20in%20facial%20masculinity%20prefs%20better%20explained%20by%20genetic%20differences%20than%20by%20context-dependent%20factors.pdf …
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Our context effect is small, but Zietsch looked at the between-women effect and we looked within women to control for heritable effects.
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conclusion is: women prefer more masculine faces all the time
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But the meme has escaped. 150 years from now, it will still be Settled Science.
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Real science has to leave rubbish inductivist "studies" & "research" behind, just get on with proper scientific guessing & testing.
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My research, confirming others, found that ovulating women will rate masculine faces as belonging to better husbands.
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In other words, the context of the preference will moderate the effect.
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