Gender differences in sexual attraction and moral judgement: research with artificial face models
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Gender differences in sexual attraction and moral judgement: research with artificial face modelsDate
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GONZÁLEZ-ÁLVAREZ, Julio; CERVERA-CRESPO, Teresa. Gender Differences in Sexual Attraction and Moral Judgment: Research With Artificial Face Models. Psychological reports, 2019, vol. 122, no 2, p. 525-535.Type
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Abstract
Sexual attraction in humans is influenced by cultural or moral factors and some
gender differences can emerge in this complex interaction. A previous study (Author,
2015) found that men dissociate sexual attraction ... [+]
Sexual attraction in humans is influenced by cultural or moral factors and some
gender differences can emerge in this complex interaction. A previous study (Author,
2015) found that men dissociate sexual attraction from moral judgement more than
women do. Two experiments consisting of giving attractiveness ratings to photos of real
opposite-sex individuals showed that men, compared to women, were significantly less
influenced by the moral valence of a description about the person shown in each photo.
There is evidence of some processing differences between real and artificial
computer-generated faces. The present study tests the robustness of Author’s findings
and extends the research to an experimental design using artificial face models as
stimuli. A sample of 88 young adults (61 females, 27 males, average age 19.32, SD =
2.38) rated the attractiveness of eighty 3D artificial face models generated with the
FaceGen Modeller 3.5 software. Each face model was paired with a “good” and a “bad”
(from a moral point of view) sentence depicting a quality or activity of the person
represented in the model (e.g., s/he is an altruistic nurse in Africa vs. s/he is a prominent
drug-dealer). Results were in line with the previous findings and showed that, with
artificial faces as well, sexual attraction is less influenced by morality in men than in
women. This gender difference is consistent with an evolutionary perspective on human
sexuality. [-]
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