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The Role of Vision in the Emergence of Mate Preferences
Meike Scheller et al. Arch Sex Behav. 2021 Nov.
Abstract
Cross-cultural research has repeatedly demonstrated
sex differences in the importance of partner
characteristics when choosing a mate. Men typically
report higher preferences for younger, more
physically attractive women, while women typically
place more importance on a partner's status and
wealth. As the assessment of such partner
characteristics often relies on visual cues, this raises
the question whether visual experience is necessary
for sex-specific mate preferences to develop. To shed
more light onto the emergence of sex differences in
mate choice, the current study assessed how
preferences for attractiveness, resources, and
personality factors differ between sighted and blind
individuals using an online questionnaire. We further
investigate the role of social factors and sensory cue
selection in these sex differences. Our sample
consisted of 94 sighted and blind participants with
different ages of blindness onset: 19 blind/28
sighted males and 19 blind/28 sighted females.
Results replicated well-documented findings in the
sighted, with men placing more importance on
physical attractiveness and women placing more
importance on status and resources.
However, while physical attractiveness was less important to blind men, blind women considered physical attractiveness
as important as sighted women. The importance of a
high status and likeable personality was not
influenced by sightedness. Blind individuals
considered auditory cues more important than visual
cues, while sighted males showed the opposite
pattern. Further, relationship status and indirect,
social influences were related to preferences.
Overall, our findings shed light on the availability of
visual information for the emergence of sex
differences in mate preference.
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