Men may have evolved psychological mechanisms that motivate mate retention behaviors to
prevent their partners from being sexually unfaithful or defecting from the relationship …

The dominant evolutionary theory of sexual attraction posits that attraction serves as a
psychobehavioral and motivational mechanism for identifying healthy, fertile, and …

How do women respond to being valued for sex by their partners? Although research
supporting objectification theory suggests that women's reactions to sexual valuation are …

It is well established that women's preferences for masculinity are contingent on their own
market-value and the duration of the sought relationship, but few studies have investigated …

The current research tests the hypothesis that women have an evolved mate value
calibration adaptation that functions to raise or lower their standards in a long-term mate …

Physical characteristics, such as a V-shaped torso and body hair, are visually salient
information that reflect a potential mate's immunocompetence, status, and reproductive …

Because sexual attraction is a key driver of human mate choice and reproduction, we
descriptively assess relative sex differences in the level of attraction individuals expect in the …

We test theoretical arguments developed by Hazan and Diamond (2000) suggesting that
attachment theory presents a more parsimonious theory of mate selection than Buss' sexual …

In this article I evaluate the effect of physical attractiveness on young adults' sexual and
romantic outcomes to reveal gender differences in acted preferences. Using data from the …

This dissertation evaluated the relative contributions of age, physical attractiveness, and
income to desirability as a romantic or marriage partner. It viewed heterosexual attraction …