Réponse de Anthony LITTLE aux critiques sur son article.
Suite à des critiques concernant son article [1], Anthony Little a envoyé une réponse le 11 février 2003 sur la liste Evol-Psych [2]. Il s'y défend d'avoir négligé l'impact du mode de vie sur les choix des femmes (celles qui prennent la pilule ont plus de partenaires sexuelles que les autres, ce qui peut avoir un impact sur le type d'hommes qu'elles recherchent) et le prouve en citant un extrait de son article [3].
Le site de Anthony Little comprend les abstracts de ses publications [4] ainsi qu'un lien vers un de ses articles co-écrit avec David Perrett pour First-Science [5] qui synthétise de manière très claire les différentes influences sur les préférences des femmes. Les étude citées dans l'article sur les liens entre la dominance faciale et le succès dans une carrière militaire sont celles de Mazur et Mueller [5] : voir le livre Pourquoi les femmes des riches sont belles pour plus d'informations.
Notes :
- Voir : [intlink id=”58″ type=”post”]Les femmes sous pilule préfèrent (à tort) les machos[/intlink]
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Dear Don,
A recent posting of yours was brought to my attention.
I agree with what you say but greatly resent the implication that I have failed to see a rather obvious alternate explanation for the findings. If you had read the original article you would have found the following paragraph :
“It is also worth noting that those using oral contraception reported having more lifetime partners than those not using oral contraception. This may indicate different lifestyle choices for those using and not using oral contraception. By reducing the consequences of casual sex, use of contraception may lead to more promiscuous behaviour or else a desire to engage in sex with a greater number of partners may lead individuals to use oral contraception. It is possible then that it is not just the hormonal effects of contraceptive use that lead to different patterns of masculinity preference between contraceptive users and non-users in the current study – there may also exist behavioural differences between these groups which may also impact on preference. The impact of the use of oral contraception on actual mate choice remains to be seen but it is certainly an important avenue for future research given its impact on preferences for the potential to maximise offspring fitness.”
This alternate argument was made clear to all members of the press I spoke to but for thier own reasons they have not reported it.
I would appreciate it if you feel the need to comment on any of my work in the future that you take the trouble to read what you are critising and not rely solely on news coverage.
best wishes, tony little
Anthony C Little
School of Psychology
University of St Andrews
St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9JU
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ acl3/ - http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ acl3/publications.html
- Do Women Prefer ’Manly’ Faces ?
- MAZUR, Allan & MUELLER, Ulrich (1996). Facial Dominance, in Somit, A. and Peterson, S. ; Eds. Research in Biopolitics, Volume 4, pages 99-111. London, JAI Press.
MUELLER, U. & MAZUR, A. (1998). Facial Dominance in Homo Sapiens as Honest Signaling of Male Quality