Physically-attractive males increase men’s financial risk-taking

Chan, EY

Physically-attractive males increase men’s financial risk-taking

Chan, EY

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Issue Date:: 2015-02-26

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dc.contributor.author	Chan, EY https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6847-6545	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Morales, A	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Williams, P	en_US
dc.date	2015-02-26	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-02-26	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2015	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/41144
dc.description.abstract	This research reports an intriguing phenomenon: men who see attractive males take greater financial risks than both men who see attractive females as well as women who see attractive individuals of either sex. An evolution-based account is proffered. In evolutionary history, men have faced intrasexual competition with other men in attracting women as a mating partner. Thus, when the average man sees an attractive male, he is motivated to increase his mating desirability to the opposite sex, which prompts him to accrue money, and taking financial risks helps him to do so.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Society for Consumer Psychology	en_US
dc.title	Physically-attractive males increase men’s financial risk-taking	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location.activity	Phoenix, AZ, USA	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.consider-herdc	true	en_US
pubs.finish-date	2015-02-28	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.start-date	2015-02-26	en_US

Abstract:

This research reports an intriguing phenomenon: men who see attractive males take greater financial risks than both men who see attractive females as well as women who see attractive individuals of either sex. An evolution-based account is proffered. In evolutionary history, men have faced intrasexual competition with other men in attracting women as a mating partner. Thus, when the average man sees an attractive male, he is motivated to increase his mating desirability to the opposite sex, which prompts him to accrue money, and taking financial risks helps him to do so.

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