| Women’s Clothing Choices | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Judgment (percent concordance of judges’ codes) |
High fertility |
Low fertility |
|
Wearing “more fashionable clothes” (70%) |
18 |
8 |
|
Wearing “nicer clothes” (77%) |
17 |
8 |
|
Showing more skin (upper body) (77%) |
11 |
6 |
|
Showing more skin (lower body) (93%) |
7 |
5 |
|
Wearing “sexier clothes” (70%) |
6 |
7 |
|
Wearing more “accessories” (63%) |
6 |
7 |
|
Wearing a skirt in one session but not the other (100%) |
3 |
0 |
|
Wearing a lacy top (87%) |
3 |
1 |
Source: Reprinted from Hormones and Behavior, 51:40–45, Haselton et al., Ovulatory shifts in human female ornamentation: Near ovulation, women dress to impress, © 2007, with permission from Elsevier