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Domestic violence shapes Colombian women s partner choices
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Borras-Guevara ML
; Batres C
; Perrett DI
Behav Ecol Sociobiol
2017[]; 71
(12
): 175
PMID29200603
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ABSTRACT: Potential protection from violence has been suggested as an explanation
for women's preferences for more masculine partners. Previous studies, however,
have not considered that violence may be multi-modal, and hence come from
different sources. Therefore, we tested the effect of different fears of violence
(i.e. vulnerability to public crime, likelihood of within-partnership violence)
on masculinity preferences of women from Colombia, a country known for its high
rates of violence. Eighty-three adult heterosexual women (mean
age?±?SD?=?26.7?±?6.01) answered a survey that included questions about health
(e.g. frequency of illnesses during the last year and during childhood), access
to media (e.g. time spent watching television, frequency of internet use),
education (i.e. highest level achieved) and violence perceptions. Participants'
masculinity preferences for Salvadoran, European and Colombian male faces were
recorded. Factor analysis revealed two different factors for the answers to
questions related to violence. One factor loaded mostly on questions related to
public violence and the second factor related to domestic violence. We found that
women with higher scores on the domestic violence factor preferred significantly
less masculine Colombian male faces. Even after controlling for participant age,
education, access to media (TV and internet) and health-related factors, the
domestic violence factor contributed significantly to explaining masculinity
preferences. The results presented here suggest that women's preferences for
masculinity may be a strategy to avoid aggressive partners and that the source of
violence matters in mate choice. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Women who perceive
higher risks of domestic violence prefer less masculine looking partners. Using
an experimental approach, we show that Colombian women who feel more in danger of
violence within partnership prefer the faces of less masculine males. This was
true even after controlling for women's education level, health and access to
media.
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