Born to be beautiful: Season of birth influences adult females’ physical attractiveness

• Authors: MICHAŁ KANONOWICZ , PIOTR SOROKOWSKI , AGNIESZKA SOROKOWSKA
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Birth month in humans is associated with certain biological variables such as reproduc-tive success, health and mortality rate. At the same time, physical attractiveness is regarded as one of the reliable markers of human health and genetic quality, which suggests that female attractiveness may vary according to their season of birth. To test this hypothe-sis, ratings of females’ photographs from a popular Polish social networking website were analyzed. The sample included 5294 females aged 21-23 years. Results demonstrated that females born in spring (May) were rated as being significantly more attractive than those born in autumn (September and November).

Keywords

EN

season of birth, attractiveness, education, height

• Publisher: Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
• Journal: Journal of Education Culture and Society
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 155-161

Dates

published

2020-01-08

Contributors

author

MICHAŁ KANONOWICZ

• University of Wrocław, Poland

author

PIOTR SOROKOWSKI

• University of Wrocław, Poland

author

AGNIESZKA SOROKOWSKA

• University of Wrocław, Poland

Identifiers

DOI

10.15503/jecs20132.155.161