Journal article
Cross-Cultural Variation in Men’s Beardedness
Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, Vol.6(4), pp.490-500
2020
Abstract
Objectives:
To test whether cross-cultural variation in men’s facial hair conforms to patterns predicted by processes of inter-sexual and intra-sexual selection.
Methods:
Data were taken from the PEW Research Center’s World’s Muslims’ project that collected information from 14,032 men from 25 countries. An Independent Factor Analysis was used to analyse how suites of demographic factors predict men’s beardedness.
Results:
Analyses replicated those from past research using the PEW data, showing that beardedness was more frequent under prevailing conditions of lower health and higher economic disparity.
Conclusions:
These findings contribute to evidence that men’s decision to augment their masculinity via full beardedness occurs under conditions characterised by stronger inter-sexual and intra-sexual selection.
Details
- Title
- Cross-Cultural Variation in Men’s Beardedness
- Authors
- Barnaby J W Dixson (Author) - University of QueenslandAnthony J Lee (Author) - University of Stirling
- Publication details
- Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, Vol.6(4), pp.490-500
- Publisher
- Springer
- DOI
- 10.1007/s40750-020-00150-4
- ISSN
- 2198-7335
- Organisation Unit
- Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy; School of Health - Psychology
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99579308402621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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