The status of the partner affects the interest of women

A study by Indiana University neurologist Heather Rupp said the status of a partner affects women's concerns.

In this study, with a measure of masculinity and attractiveness, both women with and without partners have relatively equal views when classifying men through photos. However, women who do not have partners often look at photos of men longer and show interest in those photos. Such differences are only for women.

Rupp, a scientist at the Kinsey Institute for Sexual and Gender Research, said: 'This result reflects the difference between men and women in fertility orientation, manifesting from the process of identifying potential partners. and contribute to the formation of differences in sexual attraction and behavior between the sexes. '

The study was published in the March issue of 'Human Nature'.

For this study, 59 men and 56 women rated 510 photos of opposite sex based on masculine / feminine, attractive and emotional criteria. Participants are asked to answer honestly and classify photos as quickly as possible. Men and women between the ages of 17 and 26 prefer to have sex with partners of different races and do not use contraception with hormones. Twenty-one women and 25 men said they had a partner now.

Partner status affects women's interest (Photo: mevabe.net)

This is the first study on how a partner influences interest in the opposite sex.Other studies have shown that hormones, relationship goals and social contexts affect those concerns.

'There is no clear indication that the subjective classification of women is affected by their status. However, there are answers that emphasize the sophistication of this factor and show the likelihood of a partner's status affecting the process of recognizing men's faces, though not necessarily affecting the final assessment. '' the article's author said.

The researchers also noted that the impact of the status of partners on women may reflect that in general women are quite excited, ready in romantic relationships, 'which probably caused them to I am interested and appreciate other potential partners. '