Men’s exposure to women’s odors: the effect of women’s waist to hip ratio and steroid hormones

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dc.contributor.affiliationDepartament of Ethology, National Institute of Psychiatry, Mexico-Xochimilco 101, Col. San Lorenzo Huipulco, Tlalpan 14370. Mexico.es_ES
dc.contributor.emailalcm@imp.edu.mxes_ES
dc.creatorCerda-Molina,  Ana Lilia
dc.creatorHernández-López, Leonor
dc.creatorBorráz-León, Javier Iván
dc.creatorO-Rodríguez, Claudia De la
dc.creatorChavira-Ramírez, Roberto
dc.creator.identificador"HELL670909MDFRPN00">Hernández-López, Leonor E.es_ES
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-29T03:58:28Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-27T14:33:20Z
dc.date.available2017-06-29T03:58:28Z
dc.date.issued2014es_ES
dc.date.published2014es_ES
dc.description.abstractotrodiomaPrevious research has shown that axillar and vaginal odors from ovulating women are recognized by men, but no research has been done exploring whether body odors signal other physical attributes of women such as waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) or endocrine status. Our goal was to investigate whether testosterone increased in men after smelling axillary odors of women with different WHR and with low or high levels of steroid hormones. We measured men’s testosterone before and after 30 min of being exposed to fresh axillar odors collected from young women or a neutral odor as control situation. Men had to rate the attractiveness and intensity of the scent. We compared the response of men according to women’s WHR and salivary testosterone, estradiol and progesterone. Although the main literature commonly reports that men judge a WHR around 0.7 to be more visually attractive, our results showed that men rated samples of high WHR (0.75-0.84) and high estradiol women as more attractive. In addition, men’s testosterone increased after smelling the odors of high WHR, high estradiol and high testosterone women. High WHR women exhibited the highest testosterone and estradiol levels compared to the other WHR categories (0.66-0.74). We concluded that scents are cues that not only signal fertility but also physical attributes related to reproductive health.es_ES
dc.description.monthAgoes_ES
dc.identifier2819es_ES
dc.identifier.citationJuan Carlos Bautista Ramírezes_ES
dc.identifier.doi10.4172/2157-7536.1000141es_ES
dc.identifier.issn2157-7536es_ES
dc.identifier.numero3es_ES
dc.identifier.organizacionInstituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñizes_ES
dc.identifier.paginacion141es_ES
dc.identifier.placeEstados Unidoses_ES
dc.identifier.urihttp://doi.org/10.4172/2157-7536.1000141es_ES
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.inprf.gob.mx/handle/123456789/4668
dc.identifier.volumen5es_ES
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherLos Angeles, CA : OMICS Publishing Groupes_ES
dc.relation5 (3) 141 p.es_ES
dc.relationversión del editores_ES
dc.relation.jnabreviadoJ STEROIDS HORM SCIes_ES
dc.relation.journalJournal of Steroids and Hormonal Sciencees_ES
dc.rightsacceso cerradoes_ES
dc.subject.koAxillar odorses_ES
dc.subject.koWaist-to-hip ratioes_ES
dc.subject.koTestosteronees_ES
dc.subject.koEstradioles_ES
dc.titleMen’s exposure to women’s odors: the effect of women’s waist to hip ratio and steroid hormoneses_ES
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