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 A strong jaw may not be what women want, as a study finds those on the pill prefer less 'manly' men. |
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Contrary to popular belief, a strong jaw and masculine looks may not be what all women want, a new study has revealed. Women taking the contraceptive pill actually prefer men with more effeminate looks - a trait associated with faithfulness and stability. Women using the birth control pill were found to rate men with less masculine faces higher in terms of attractiveness compared to non-users. In couples who first met when the woman was on the pill, the male partners were less likely to have 'manly' faces than those who met when the woman was off the pill. Millions of women use hormonal forms of contraception and some studies, including this one, indicate the Pill could affect partner preferences. If supported, these findings could have important implications for how relationships are formed, reported Live Science. The study, detailed on Saturday in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology, compared the romantic preferences of straight women ages 18 to 24 who were taking oral contraception against those who were not. Researchers showed the women composite images of young male and female faces, which could be manipulated to appear more or less masculine (based on features like cheekbone prominence, jaw height and face width). The women were tested twice - once when none of them were taking the pill and again three months after some began using the pill. When women were taking the pill, they preferred less masculine male faces (those with more narrow jawbones and more rounded faces, for instance) than before they started taking birth control, the results showed. Some research suggests that a preference for masculine or feminine traits may be linked to genetic benefits for a couple's offspring, such as strong immune systems. A few studies have even found that women prefer more masculine traits during the fertile phase of their menstrual cycle. (Source: Dailymail)
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一項(xiàng)新研究揭示，和大眾觀念相反，不是所有女人都喜歡強(qiáng)壯的下巴和男性化的外表。 那些服用避孕藥的女性實(shí)際上更喜歡長(zhǎng)相陰柔的男子，這種長(zhǎng)相特征讓人聯(lián)想到忠誠(chéng)和穩(wěn)定。 研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，相比那些沒(méi)有服避孕藥的女性，服用避孕藥的女性認(rèn)為長(zhǎng)相不那么男性化的男子更有吸引力。 那些在女方服用避孕藥期間初次相遇的夫妻，相比那些在女方不服避孕藥期間相遇的夫妻，男方擁有男性化長(zhǎng)相的可能性更低。 數(shù)百萬(wàn)女性采用激素避孕法，而包括這項(xiàng)研究在內(nèi)的若干研究都表明，避孕藥會(huì)影響女性對(duì)另一半的偏好。 據(jù)《生活科學(xué)》雜志報(bào)道，如果得到證實(shí)，那么這些研究結(jié)果將會(huì)對(duì)兩性關(guān)系如何形成具有重要的寓意。 這一研究的詳細(xì)報(bào)道周六發(fā)表在《精神神經(jīng)內(nèi)分泌學(xué)》期刊上，該研究將年齡在18歲到24歲之間、性取向正常、口服避孕藥的女性和沒(méi)有服避孕藥的女性的感情偏好做了對(duì)比。 研究人員向這些女性展示了年輕男子和女子面部的合成圖片，這些圖片可以通過(guò)處理讓其顯得更男性化或不那么男性化（通過(guò)調(diào)節(jié)顴骨高度、頜骨高度和臉部寬度等面部特征）。 這些女性都經(jīng)過(guò)了兩次測(cè)試——第一次所有女性都沒(méi)有服用避孕藥，在一些女性開(kāi)始服用避孕藥三個(gè)月后又進(jìn)行了第二次測(cè)試。 結(jié)果顯示，當(dāng)女性服用避孕藥時(shí)，相比開(kāi)始服用避孕藥前，她們更青睞不那么男性化的男子長(zhǎng)相（比如那些下巴較尖、臉較圓的面孔）。 一些研究顯示，對(duì)男性化或女性化特征的偏好可能是為了優(yōu)化下一代的基因，比如讓下一代擁有更強(qiáng)壯的免疫系統(tǒng)。 一些研究甚至還發(fā)現(xiàn)，女性在月經(jīng)排卵期更偏愛(ài)男性化的長(zhǎng)相。 相關(guān)閱讀 （中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津 陳丹妮） |
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Vocabulary: menstrual cycle: 月經(jīng)周期 |
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