Women’s emotional and sexual attraction to men across the menstrual cycle

Rei Shimoda, Anne CampbellDeceased, Robert A Barton and Louise BarrettHandling Editor

Behavioral Ecology, 2018, vol. 29, issue 1, 51-59

Abstract: Have women evolved to shift their attraction to particular types of men at peak fertility? Methodological issues, which we address in this article, have led to empirical disagreement. We investigate women’s attraction for men in relation to the women's cycles. Our results suggest that women's sexual desire is not strictly dependent on cyclic hormonal changes, and are more consistent with a nonadaptive by-product of hormone levels.

Keywords: luteinizing hormone tests; mating strategy; menstrual cycle; Ovulation; romantic relationships; sexual desire (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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