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

Abstract: The 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 meat-eaters, 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 d.... https://spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/spb/article/view/14457

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Dating a Vegetarian? Perception of Masculinity, Attractiveness, and the Willingness to Date Vegetarians ; volume:19 ; day:19 ; month:12 ; year:2024 ; Social psychological bulletin ; 19 (19.12.2024)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Adamczyk, Dominika ; Nezlek, John B. ; Maison, Dominika

Further information

• DOI: 10.32872/spb.14457
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2502150411372.076908413469
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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