Men's preferences for women's breast morphology in New Zealand, Samoa, and Papua New Guinea

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1271-1279

  Dixson, Barnaby J ^a   Vasey, Paul L ^b   Sagata, Katayo ^c   Sibanda, Nokuthaba ^a   Linklater, Wayne L ^a   Dixson, Alan F ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Cross cultural research; Female breasts; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; CULTURAL FACTOR; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NIPPLE; ORGAN SIZE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMOA; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEAUTY; BREAST; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NIPPLES; ORGAN SIZE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMOA; SKIN PIGMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82355161664     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-010-9680-6     Document Type: Article

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