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Women more attractive while ovulating?

A new survey suggests that men find women more attractive when they’re most fertile. This suggests that hormonal shifts can cause facial and vocal changes which makes them more attractive. In the la

By: Admin   | | Updated: December 17, 2012 2:08 pm
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A new survey suggests that men find women more attractive when they’re most fertile. This suggests that hormonal shifts can cause facial and vocal changes which makes them more attractive. In the largest study yet to look at whether a woman’s attractiveness changes over the course of her menstrual cycle, scientists noted that ratings of attractiveness were related to hormonal shifts, which bring about various physiological and behavioural changes. Also Read - Do estrogen levels increase the risk of breast cancer? Gynaecologist explains

Researchers took photographs of 202 women’s faces and made recordings of their speaking voices at two points in their menstrual cycles. Saliva samples were also taken to measure hormone levels. More than 500 men rated the attractiveness of the women’s faces and voices from one of the two sessions, LiveScience reported. Also Read - 5 diet changes to control weight gain from PCOS



The ratings from the first session were averaged for each woman and then compared with ratings for her second session. Men rated faces and voices as more attractive when women’s progesterone levels were low and estradiol (oestrogen) levels were high. Also Read - Early menstruation linked to hot flushes and night sweats later at menopause

‘The only time in the cycle when estradiol levels are high and progesterone levels are simultaneously low is the late follicular phase, near ovulation when fertility is highest,’ said the study’s lead author David Puts, an assistant professor of anthropology at Pennsylvania State University.

A group of more than 500 women were also asked to rate women’s attractiveness across their cycles.

They scored the photographs and vocal recordings based on two measures: flirtatiousness and attractiveness to men. Women rated the subjects higher on both measures when the subjects were in their more fertile phase.

‘We learned beyond a reasonable doubt that women’s faces and voices change over the menstrual cycle, and that both men and women perceive these changes as attractive,’ Puts saod .

‘This paper establishes conclusive evidence for how men and women rate other women as a function of their hormonal status,’ Nathan Pipitone, a psychologist at Adams State University in Colorado who studies human mating and voice attractiveness, agreed.

Pipitone, who was not involved in the research, said the study’s large sample size and measure of hormone levels strengthen its conclusions.

Research has suggested hormones, indeed, alter facial and vocal features.

The larynx, or voice box, has oestrogen and progesterone receptors, and puberty, pregnancy, menopause, hormone replacement therapy and hormonal contraceptive use have all been shown to change women’s voices, the study authors said.

The new research was published in the journal Hormones and Behaviour.

Published : December 17, 2012 6:55 am | Updated:December 17, 2012 2:08 pm
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