ArticlePloS one2018
No evidence that facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) is associated with women's sexual desire.
Article in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Using Simulations to Explore Sampling Distributions: An Antidote to Hasty and Extravagant Inferences.eNeuro · 2025Article
- Tracking sexual dimorphism of facial width-to-height ratio across the lifespan: implications for perceived aggressiveness.Royal Society open science · 2022Article
- Was facial width-to-height ratio subject to sexual selection pressures? A life course approach.PloS one · 2021Article
- E-perceptions and Business 'Mating': The Communication Effects of the Relative Width of Males' Faces in Business Portraits.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Facial features and unethical behavior - Doped athletes show higher facial width-to-height ratios than non-doping sanctioned athletes.PloS one · 2019Article
- Individual's Reproductive Strategies Moderates the Association Between Facial Width-to-Height and Risk-Taking Propensity.Evolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behaviorArticle
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Abstract
Facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) has been linked to many different behavioral tendencies. However, not all of these correlations have replicated well across samples. Arnocky et al. (in press, Archives of Sexual Behavior) recently reported that sexual desire was correlated with fWHR. The current study aimed to test this relationship in a large sample of women. fWHR was measured from face images of 754 women. Each woman completed the Sexual Desire Inventory, which measures total, dyadic, and solitary sexual desire. Analyses revealed no significant correlations between fWHR and any of our measures of sexual desire. These null results do not support the hypothesis that fWHR is related to women's sexual desire. Additionally, we found no evidence that women's face-shape sexual dimorphism was related to their sociosexual orientation.
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