［2023 Study］The importance of physical attractiveness and ambition/intelligence to the mate choices of women and their parents.

[Brus Wane]

Tldr ; Physical attractiveness overwhelmingly matters MORE than intelligence & ambition , not just to FOIDS but to HER PARENTS AS WELL. (and neither party will admit this)

Abstract​

When women make mate choices, they face potential conflict with their parents. Evolutionary theory predicts, and prior research confirms, that daughters value physical attractiveness (as a signal of genetic quality) more than their parents do when considering a partner for their daughters. However, prior research also shows that daughters and their parents value the most important traits of a mate for daughters similarly (e.g., mutual love, intelligence, etc.). We assessed self-reported mate preferences and responses to an experimental manipulation among 150 daughter–parent pairs. We varied men's physical attractiveness (more vs. less attractive) and ascribed personality characteristics (ambitious/intelligent vs. disorganized/physically fit) in a 2 × 2 independent groups design, testing 8 hypotheses evaluating the relative importance of physical attractiveness and personality traits. Self-reported ratings by both women and their parents indicated that the traits ambition and intelligence were significantly more important than physical attractiveness for a long-term mate for daughters. And, across conditions, both daughters and parents rated the ambitious and intelligent man as a more desirable dating partner than the more attractive man. However, when asked to choose the best mate for daughters, both daughters (68.7%) and their parents (63.3%) chose the more attractive man as the best long-term dating partner for daughters, regardless of his ascribed traits. Furthermore, daughters’ and parents’ choices corresponded 79% of the time. Physical attractiveness may be more important to both daughters and parents than self-reported responses suggest and actual daughter–parent conflict over physical attractiveness in chosen partnerships may be less prevalent than perceived conflict. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

Impact Statement​

When considering a potential long-term mate for daughters, both women and their parents state that a potential partner's ambition and intelligence are more important than physical attractiveness. However, both women and their parents make mate choices that contradict their stated preferences, favoring a physically attractive partner for daughters over an ambitious and intelligent partner. The physical attractiveness of a potential mate for daughters (as a signal of genetic quality) may be more important to both women and their parents than they consciously realize and conflict among women and their parents over women's chosen partnerships may be less common when focusing on defined mate choices rather than hypothetical mate preferences. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

 

[Deleted member 13158]

Everybody wants cute grandchildren. I’ve already seen this mog irl between my 3yo and 1yo nephew. My brother gf and my gf called the older brunette nephew cute but didn’t mention the younger ginger one. Usually the babies are found to be cuter

 

[Rabbi]

Ah this study, shows how you also cannot trust what a woman says but only what she does.

Also remember that when women are hooked to lie detectors they report with significantly higher past sexual encounters

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/10707596_Truth_and_Consequences_Using_the_Bogus_Pipeline_to_Examine_Sex_Differences_in_Self-Reported_Sexuality

Polygraph and Interview Validation of Self-Reported Deviant Behavior on JSTOR

John P. Clark, Larry L. Tifft, Polygraph and Interview Validation of Self-Reported Deviant Behavior, American Sociological Review, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Aug., 1966), pp. 516-523

www.jstor.org

 

[Brus Wane]

Also remember that when women are hooked to lie detectors they report with significantly higher past sexual encounters

Never take anything at face value