Female breast size attractiveness for men as a function of sociosexual orientation (restricted vs. unrestricted)

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1129-1135

  Zelazniewicz, Agnieszka M ^a,b   Pawlowski, Boguslaw ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Attraction perception; Breast attractiveness; Breast size; Mate preferences; Mating strategy; Sociosexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS;

BEAUTY; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82355169014     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-011-9850-1     Document Type: Article

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