Related News
Pretty looking and pretty provocative
Source: Agencies |
January 15, 2009, Thursday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
WOMEN with high levels of estrogen not only look and feel prettier - but they may act on those feelings by moving from man to man, United States researchers reported on Tuesday.
Estrogen, the so-called female hormone, affects fertility and has been shown to make women dress more provocatively and show more thrill-seeking behavior.
Dr Kristina Durante of The University of Texas at Austin and colleagues found that young women felt more attractive when they had high levels of an estrogen known as estradiol, and they acted on those feelings.
"Women with higher estradiol reported a greater likelihood of flirting, kissing and having a serious affair with someone other than their primary partner and were marginally more likely to date another man," Durante's team wrote in the Royal Society Journal Biology Letters.
"Results provide support for the relationship between physical beauty and fertility and suggest that women high in reproductive health engage in opportunistic serial monogamy ?? being open to affairs and moving on to a new relationship if a higher-quality mate becomes available."
Durante's team tested 52 female undergraduates aged 17 to 30 who were not taking hormone contraceptives. They took two estradiol samples from each, as hormone levels fluctuate from week to week.
They had the women rate their own attractiveness and showed their photographs to others to rate, as well.
"High-estradiol women were considered significantly more physically attractive by themselves and others," Durante and colleagues wrote.
The high-estrogen women also reported more sexual behavior ?? especially outside of a relationship.
"Our results are consistent with the possibility that highly fertile women are not easily satisfied by their long-term partners and are especially motivated to become acquainted with other, presumably more desirable men," they concluded.
The findings fit in with many other studies showing that hormones influence the behavior. Earlier this week, US and British researchers showed that male financial traders, whose finger lengths indicate high testosterone levels in the womb, made more money.
Estrogen, the so-called female hormone, affects fertility and has been shown to make women dress more provocatively and show more thrill-seeking behavior.
Dr Kristina Durante of The University of Texas at Austin and colleagues found that young women felt more attractive when they had high levels of an estrogen known as estradiol, and they acted on those feelings.
"Women with higher estradiol reported a greater likelihood of flirting, kissing and having a serious affair with someone other than their primary partner and were marginally more likely to date another man," Durante's team wrote in the Royal Society Journal Biology Letters.
"Results provide support for the relationship between physical beauty and fertility and suggest that women high in reproductive health engage in opportunistic serial monogamy ?? being open to affairs and moving on to a new relationship if a higher-quality mate becomes available."
Durante's team tested 52 female undergraduates aged 17 to 30 who were not taking hormone contraceptives. They took two estradiol samples from each, as hormone levels fluctuate from week to week.
They had the women rate their own attractiveness and showed their photographs to others to rate, as well.
"High-estradiol women were considered significantly more physically attractive by themselves and others," Durante and colleagues wrote.
The high-estrogen women also reported more sexual behavior ?? especially outside of a relationship.
"Our results are consistent with the possibility that highly fertile women are not easily satisfied by their long-term partners and are especially motivated to become acquainted with other, presumably more desirable men," they concluded.
The findings fit in with many other studies showing that hormones influence the behavior. Earlier this week, US and British researchers showed that male financial traders, whose finger lengths indicate high testosterone levels in the womb, made more money.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
