Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the most masculine of them all? The Dark Triad, masculinity, and women's mate choice



Lyons, Minna T, Marcinkowska, Urszula M, Helle, Samuli and McGrath, Laura
(2015) Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the most masculine of them all? The Dark Triad, masculinity, and women's mate choice. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES, 74. pp. 153-158.

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Abstract

Although the Dark Triad of personality (i.e., Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy) has been researched widely, few studies have looked at women's preferences for men who are high and low in Dark Triad. Further, it is not clear what the relationships between the Dark Triad and facial masculinity are. We investigated female preference for computer manipulated Dark Triad male faces in two on-line studies (Study 1: n=. 125; Study 2: n=. 1633). We found that women rated the high psychopathy and narcissistic faces the most masculine (Study 1). We also found that women showed a low preference for the high morphs in both long and short term relationships, and that preference for masculinity was correlated with a preference for narcissism (Study 2). We discuss the results in terms of male and female mating strategies.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Dark Triad, Facial morphs, Female preference, Mating context
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 29 Jun 2015 09:29
Last Modified: 15 Dec 2022 11:15
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.10.020
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/2010314