• DOI:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.10.006
Corpus ID: 7065777

Conditional expression of women's desires and men's mate guarding across the ovulatory cycle

@article{Haselton2006ConditionalEO,
  title={Conditional expression of women's desires and men's mate guarding across the ovulatory cycle},
  author={M. Haselton and S. Gangestad},
  journal={Hormones and Behavior},
  year={2006},
  volume={49},
  pages={509-518}
}

• M. Haselton, S. Gangestad
• Published 2006
• Medicine, Psychology
• Hormones and Behavior

Thirty-eight normally cycling women provided daily reports of sexual interests and feelings for 35 days. Near ovulation, both pair-bonded and single women reported feeling more physically attractive and having greater interest in attending social gatherings where they might meet men. Pair-bonded women who were near ovulation reported greater extra-pair flirtation and greater mate guarding by their primary partner. As predicted, however, these effects were exhibited primarily by women who… Expand