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Variable Preferences for Sexual Dimorphism in Stature (SDS) Might Not Be Universal

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: In Western societies women prefer relatively taller men as potential partners, whereas men prefer women to be slightly shorter than them. Here we report data on relative height preferences in a traditional ethnic group, i.e. the Himba, in which men and women do not show such a strong preference. Thus our data challenges the view of a universal preference for taller men, by suggesting that height preferences may be influenced by environmental and ecological conditions.

Source: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

DOI: 10.1177/0022022110395140

Authors: Piotr Sorokowski, Agnieszka Sorokowska, Bernhard Fink, Mara Mberira

Institutions: University of Wrocław, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, University of Göttingen, University of Namibia

Language: English

Topic: Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2160453675

FWCI: 6.614

Cites: 16

Cited by: 52

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