No evidence that facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) is associated with women’s sexual desire

Weiqing Zhang; Amanda C. Hahn; Ziyi Cai; Anthony J. Lee; Iris J. Holzleitner; Lisa M. DeBruine; Benedict C. Jones

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0200308

No evidence that facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) is associated with women’s sexual desire

Weiqing Zhang, Amanda C. Hahn, Ziyi Cai, Anthony J. Lee, Iris J. Holzleitner, Lisa M. DeBruine, Benedict C. Jones^*

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Facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) has been linked to many different behavioral tendencies. However, not all of these correlations have replicated well across samples. Arnocky et al. (in press, Archives of Sexual Behavior) recently reported that sexual desire was correlated with fWHR. The current study aimed to test this relationship in a large sample of women. fWHR was measured from face images of 754 women. Each woman completed the Sexual Desire Inventory, which measures total, dyadic, and solitary sexual desire. Analyses revealed no significant correlations between fWHR and any of our measures of sexual desire. These null results do not support the hypothesis that fWHR is related to women’s sexual desire. Additionally, we found no evidence that women’s face-shape sexual dimorphism was related to their sociosexual orientation.

Original language	English
Article number	e0200308
Number of pages	7
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	13
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200308
Publication status	Published - 18 Jul 2018

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facial width-to-height ratio
fWHR
sexual desire

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No evidence that facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) is associated with women’s sexual desire

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