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Humans are reported to be the eighth most visually sexually dimorphic primates. The visual difference between men and women can be attributed to variance in height, weight, body fat, muscle distribution, body hair, facial hair, etc. However, the most obvious difference between men and women occur in faces and voices. Now, one can raise the question, what mechanism is responsible for creating mate dimorphism? Mate selection arises due to the differential reproductive success among individuals in obtaining mates. Women tend to choose masculine- faced men who tend to have good genes so that their offspring may inherit the good genes to be able to survive and thrive in the hostile environment. The trend of men having many wives has a strong tie with economy. Men and women have vast difference in face features and voice pitch. The new trends have arrived in which women started to choose feminized men as their mates. Men started to “hide” their masculinity by trimming their beard, softening their voices, wearing tight clothes and so forth. This paper will present how the mate selection shaped on the economic factors in human faces and voices.
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Rosy M. Kim is a student in School of Dentistry, Loma Linda University in California, USA. She holds a Bachelor degree in Biology from Burman University, Canada. Her research interests include areas such as dental anesthesia and esthetic dentistry.
Heewan Kim is a professor of Division of Computer Engineering at Shamyook University, Korea. He holds a Ph.D in Computer Engineering from Sungkwunkwan University, Korea. His research interests include areas such as database, information system audit, and software engineering.
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Kim, R.M., Kim, H. Economic factors on the mate selection by the human face and voice. J Serv Sci Res 7, 97–110 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12927-015-0004-1
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