A cross-cultural investigation of the role of foot size in physical attractiveness

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-276

  Fessler, Daniel M T ^a   Nettle, Daniel ^b   Afshar, Yalda ^c   De Andrade Pinheiro, Isadora ^d   Bolyanatz, Alexander ^e   Mulder, Monique Borgerhoff ^f   Cravalho, Mark ^d   Delgado, Tiara ^g   Gruzd, Bozena ^h   Correia, Melissa Oliveira ^d   Khaltourina, Daria ⁱ   Korotayev, Andrey ⁱ   Marrow, Jocelyn ^j   Santiago De Souza, Lucineide ^d   Zbarauskaite, Asta ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Independent Scholar   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^e BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Independent Documentary Filmmaker   (United States)

^h Independent Scholar   (Lithuania)

ⁱ RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOR THE HUMANITIES   (Russian Federation)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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Author keywords

Foot size; Physical attractiveness; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; JUVENILE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NULLIPARA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEAUTY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BRAZIL; CAMBODIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; IRAN; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20544477192     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-005-3115-9     Document Type: Article

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