NDLI: Sex Typicality and Attractiveness in Childhood and Adulthood: Assessing their Relationships from Videos

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Rieger, Gerulf Gygax, Lorenz Linsenmeier, Joan A. W. Siler Kgl, Amber Moskowitz, David A. Bailey, J. Michael
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	Prior research suggests that sex typicality (especially femininity of females, but also masculinity of males) relates to perceptions of attractiveness, for both heterosexual and homosexual individuals. Using videos from childhood and adulthood, we investigated how different components of sex typicality contributed to this effect, whether the sex of the evaluator or of the target moderated the effect, and how the relationship of attractiveness with sex typicality varied across the lifespan. In Study 1, videos of 45 female and 50 male heterosexual and homosexual adult targets (ages 18–30 years) were judged by 56 female and 65 male heterosexual and homosexual raters (ages 18–30 years). Results suggested that both heterosexual men and lesbians viewed more feminine women as more attractive. Femininity of appearance was a primary contributor to this relationship. Masculinity was not related to men’s attractiveness. Study 2 used similar methodology (44 male and 46 female heterosexual and homosexual targets and 22 male and 20 female heterosexual raters). Study 2 replicated results of Study 1. In addition, Study 2 included ratings of childhood videos of targets (ages 0–15). Results suggested that childhood femininity related to attractiveness of both young girls and young boys and that the relationship became stronger for girls as they got older. The impact of femininity on attractiveness may, therefore, depend on both targets’ sex and their maturity.
Starting Page	143
Ending Page	154
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00040002
Journal	Archives of Sexual Behavior
Volume Number	40
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15732800
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2009-07-09
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Attractiveness Sex typicality Sex differences Masculinity Femininity Sexual Behavior Public Health/Gesundheitswesen Social Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Arts and Humanities Psychology

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