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Title: Selfishness is attributed to men who help young women: Signaling function of male altruism
Authors: Kawamura, Yuta
Kusumi, Takashi  kyouindb  KAKEN_id  orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7968-2304 (unconfirmed)
Author's alias: 河村, 悠太
楠見, 孝
Keywords: altruism
mate choice
sexual selection
generosity
Issue Date: 9-Jul-2017
Publisher: Human Behavior and Evolution Society of Japan
Journal title: Letters on Evolutionary Behavioral Science
Volume: 8
Issue: 2
Start page: 45
End page: 48
Abstract: To investigate the function of altruism as a mating signal especially among males, the present study examined whether the motivation of a man who behaves altruistically toward a woman is more likely to be perceived as selfish by a third party. In two studies, participants read vignettes about one person helping a stranger, after which they rated the helpers’ perceived selfish motivation. We manipulated the sex of the recipient and helper (Study 1) and the recipient’s age (young vs. old; Study 2). In both studies, a man who helped a young woman was regarded as having a more selfish motivation than was an individual who helped the same sex. Conversely, although a woman who helped a man was viewed as more selfish than was a woman who helped another woman, the effect was smaller than when the helper was male (Study 1). Furthermore, a man who helped an old woman was not regarded as more selfish than was a man who helped another man (Study 2). These results support the notion that male altruism works as a courtship display.
Rights: © 2017 Kawamura & Kusumi
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2433/228170
DOI(Published Version): 10.5178/lebs.2017.64
Related Link: http://lebs.hbesj.org/index.php/lebs/article/view/lebs.2017.64
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