%0 Journal Article
%T Men¡¯s Bodily Attractiveness: Muscles as Fitness Indicators
%A Ana B. Fern¨¢ndez-Mart¨ªnez
%A Claudia Rodr¨ªguez-Ruiz
%A David M. Buss
%A Enrique Turi¨¦gano
%A Jos¨¦ Antonio Mu£¿oz-Reyes
%A Mar¨ªa Losada-P¨¦rez
%A Miguel Pita
%A Pablo Polo
%A Patrick K. Durkee
%J Evolutionary Psychology
%@ 1474-7049
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1474704919852918
%X Bodily attractiveness is an important component of mate value. Musculature¡ªa crucial component of men¡¯s bodily attractiveness¡ªprovides women with probabilistic information regarding a potential mate¡¯s quality. Overall musculature is comprised of several muscle groups, each of which varies in information value; different muscles should be weighted differently by attractiveness-assessment adaptations as a result. In the current study, women and men (N = 1,742) reported size preferences for 14 major muscle groups. Women¡¯s reported preferences provided only partial support for our hypotheses that women will prefer muscles that most reliably differentiate between potential mates to be larger; men tended to prefer larger upper-body muscles. We discuss possible interpretations of these mixed findings. Ultimately, our findings suggest that attractiveness-assessment adaptations are sensitive to the information contained within specific muscle groups and they highlight the potential for additional research on the nuances of bodily attractiveness assessment
%K muscles
%K attractiveness assessment
%K evolved preferences
%K mate value
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1474704919852918