Dating a Vegetarian? Perception of Masculinity, Attractiveness, and the Willingness to Date Vegetarians

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dc.abstract.enThe study examined how following a vegetarian diet affects the attractiveness of a potential dating partner among those who do not follow a vegetarian diet. Participants, 404 heterosexual meateaters, took part in an online experiment in which they evaluated the dating profile of a target person who was described as following a vegetarian diet for health, ethical, or environmental reasons, and a control condition that had no description of the target’s diet. Participants rated the target in terms of a feeling thermometer, willingness to date, gender congruence, and possession of masculine and feminine traits. Participant’s level of identification as a meat-eater was also measured. A series of two (participant gender) by four (target diet) ANOVAs found significant interactions in the analyses of the feeling thermometer ratings, showing that women viewed ethically motivated targets less positively than men did. We also found significant main effects of target diet in willingness to date, gender congruence, and possession of feminine and masculine traits. Meat-eaters evaluated targets with no diet information more positively than the healthmotivated target. Controlling for identification as a meat-eater, women evaluated ethicallymotivated targets as having less feminine traits than men did. The present results suggest that being a vegetarian makes a person less attractive as a potential partner among omnivores, who constitute the majority of people in most Western, industrialized countries.
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorNezlek, John
dc.contributor.authorAdamczyk, Dominika
dc.contributor.authorMaison, Dominika
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-20T08:29:35Z
dc.date.available2024-12-20T08:29:35Z
dc.date.created2024-09-24
dc.date.issued2024-12-19
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dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume19
dc.identifier.doi10.32872/spb.14457
dc.identifier.eissn2569-653X
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1172
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY
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dc.subject.enromantic relationships
dc.subject.envegetarianism
dc.subject.endating
dc.subject.engender roles
dc.titleDating a Vegetarian? Perception of Masculinity, Attractiveness, and the Willingness to Date Vegetarians
dc.title.journalSocial Psychology Bulletin
dc.typeJournalArticle
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