Giving Guys Get the Girls: Men Appear More Desirable to the Opposite Sex When Displaying Costly Donations to the Homeless

One of the evolutionary adaptive benefits of altruism may be that it acts as an honest (reliable) signal of men’s mate quality. In this study, 285 female participants were shown one of three video scenarios in which a male target took £30 out of a cash machine (ATM) and gave either a lot (£30), a li...

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Main Authors: Wendy Iredale, Keli Jenner, Mark Van Vugt, Tammy Dempster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Social Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/9/8/141