Does being more fertile really give a woman a leg up on the romantic competition? Maybe not, new research shows.
. After each speed-date, participants indicated through a questionnaire whether they wanted to offer their speed-dating partner a second date. Mutual “yeses” resulted in a match. In the same questionnaire, participants rated their speed-dating partner’s mate desirability, physical attractiveness, and body scent attractiveness.
Results indicated that contrary to the hypothesis, women closer to ovulation were not more attractive to men. They did not receive more date offers, nor were they rated more attractive in looks or scent. However, in support of the hypothesis, women closer to ovulation were marginally more likely to offer men a date. Curiously, they did not rate men as more desirable.
Results indicated that there was no attractiveness advantage of ovulation nor attractiveness disadvantage of menstruationIn conclusion, while the results do not rule out the possibility that more fertile women are subtly more attractive, we indicate that any effects “are likely small and mostly inconsequential in intersexual competition” .
A fertile woman does not have much of a leg up on the competition, considering that so many other factors are at play in . On the bright side, the results also indicate that there is no tangible attractiveness “penalty” of menstruation.Wu, K., & Chen, C. . A level playing field: No competitive advantage of conception risk in speed-dating. Ethology, 127, 1074-1083.
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