Interactions between individual characteristics and figure characteristics indicated that the more available the individual and lower body fat, the more discriminating they were in ratings of attractiveness.
Results indicated that figure muscularity and body-fat had significant non-linear (i.e., quadratic) relationships with attractiveness ratings, and short-term dating context was associated with more discriminating ratings of attractiveness.
long-term), and individual rater characteristics on attractiveness ratings. Mixed effects modeling was used to estimate the effects of figure (muscularity and body fat), dating context (short-term vs. A sample of 190 gay adult men rated the attractiveness of line-drawings depicting male figures varying systematically in muscularity and body fat percentage in both short-term and long-term dating contexts. The purpose of this study was to examine gay men's perceived attractiveness of male figures based on short-term and long-term partner contexts.
