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Women’S Preferences For Men’S Facial Masculinity Are Strongest Under Favorable Ecological Conditions, U. M. Marcinkowska, M. J. Rantala, A. J. Lee, M. V. Kozlov, T. Aavik, H. Cai, J. Contreras- Garduno, B. J. Dixon, O. A. David, Li, Norman P., Norman. P. Li, I. E. Onyishi, K. Prasai, F. Pazhoohi, P. Prokop, S. L. Rosales Cardozo, N. Sydney, H. Taniguchi, I. Krams, B. J. W. Dixon
Women’S Preferences For Men’S Facial Masculinity Are Strongest Under Favorable Ecological Conditions, U. M. Marcinkowska, M. J. Rantala, A. J. Lee, M. V. Kozlov, T. Aavik, H. Cai, J. Contreras- Garduno, B. J. Dixon, O. A. David, Li, Norman P., Norman. P. Li, I. E. Onyishi, K. Prasai, F. Pazhoohi, P. Prokop, S. L. Rosales Cardozo, N. Sydney, H. Taniguchi, I. Krams, B. J. W. Dixon
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
The strength of sexual selection on secondary sexual traits varies depending on prevailing economic and ecological conditions. In humans, cross-cultural evidence suggests women’s preferences for men’s testosterone dependent masculine facial traits are stronger under conditions where health is compromised, male mortality rates are higher and economic development is higher. Here we use a sample of 4483 exclusively heterosexual women from 34 countries and employ mixed effects modelling to test how social, ecological and economic variables predict women’s facial masculinity preferences. We report women’s preferences for more masculine looking men are stronger in countries with higher sociosexuality and where national health …
Early Birds, Short Tenures, And The Double Squeeze: How Gender And Age Intersect With Parliamentary Representation, Devin K. Joshi, Malliga Och
Early Birds, Short Tenures, And The Double Squeeze: How Gender And Age Intersect With Parliamentary Representation, Devin K. Joshi, Malliga Och
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
The gender and age composition of a parliament impacts who is descriptively represented and marginalized and what types of policy ideas and solutions are brought forward or excluded. While important for both descriptive and substantive representation, scholarship on the intersection of gender and age in parliaments has thus far been limited. To broaden our understanding, we conducted a large-scale cross-sectional analysis of the gender and ages of over 20,000 representatives from 78 national assemblies. We identified four types of gender-age patterns depending on whether women enter legislatures younger than men (“early birds”) or have served in parliament for a shorter …
How Have Sexual Predators Thrived In The Workplace?, Singapore Management University
How Have Sexual Predators Thrived In The Workplace?, Singapore Management University
Perspectives@SMU
Sexual harassment is a serious issue wherever and whenever it happens, but when it occurs in an organisational context it also becomes a serious health and safety hazard for employers.
Book Review: Mothers At Work: Who Opts Out?, Aliya Hamid Rao
Book Review: Mothers At Work: Who Opts Out?, Aliya Hamid Rao
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
Why do mothers in elite professions opt out? This question has been important both sociologically as well as in the mainstream media.