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Sex Differences in Sexual Attraction for Aesthetics, Resources and Personality Across Age

Queensland University of Technology
Whyte, Stephen
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Dr Stephen Whyte
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Given that 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 aesthetic, resource, and personality characteristics of potential mates. As a novelty we explore how male and female sexual attractiveness preference changes across age, using a dataset comprising online, cross-sectional survey data for over 7,000 respondents across a broad age distribution of individuals between 18 and 65 years.

Data time period: 2016 to 17 12 2016

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  • Associated with Whyte, Stephen, Brooks, Robert C., & Torgler, Benno (2019) Sexual economic theory and the human mating market. Applied Economics, 51(57), pp. 6100-6112.
    uri : eprints.qut.edu.au/207842/
  • Associated with Whyte, Stephen, Brooks, Robert C., Chan, Ho Fai, & Torgler, Benno (2021) Sex differences in sexual attraction for aesthetics, resources and personality across age. PLoS ONE, 16(5), Article number: e0250151.
    uri : eprints.qut.edu.au/212464/
  • Associated with Whyte, Stephen, Brooks, Robert, & Torgler, Benno (2018) Man, woman, 'other': Factors associated with nonbinary gender identification. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 47(8), pp. 2397-2406.
    uri : eprints.qut.edu.au/123081/
  • Associated with Whyte, Stephen, Brooks, Robert, Chan, Ben, & Torgler, Benno (2019) Do certain personality traits provide a mating market competitive advantage? Sex, offspring and the big 5. Personality and Individual Differences, 139, pp. 158-169.
    uri : eprints.qut.edu.au/123082/

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  • Associated with Blake, K., Godwin, M., & Whyte, S. (2020). “I sexually identify as an Attack Helicopter”: Incels, trolls, and non-binary gender politics online . First Monday, 25(9).
    firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/10601
  • Associated with Supplementary information for the paper 'Sex differences in sexual attraction for aesthetics, resources and personality across age' - Whyte, Stephen; Brooks, Robert C.; Chan, Ho Fai; Torgler, Benno (2021): S1 Appendix -. PLOS ONE. Journal contribution.
    10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0250151.S001
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Applied Economics | Behavioural Economics | Economics | Econometrics | Mate choice |

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