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Preference for Human Body Odors Is Influenced by Gender and Sexual Orientation

Martins, Yolanda, Preti, George, Crabtree, Christina R., Runyan, Tamar, Vainius, Aldona A., Wysocki, Charles J.·2005·Psychological Science

DOI 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01598.x

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Human body odor may contribute to selection of partners. If so, sexual orientation may influence preference for and perhaps production of human body odors. In a test of these hypotheses, heterosexual and homosexual males and females made two-alternative forced-choice preference judgments for body odors obtained from other heterosexual and homosexual males and females. Subjects chose between odors from (a) heterosexual males and gay males, (b) heterosexual males and heterosexual females, (c) heterosexual females and lesbians, and (d) gay males and lesbians. Results indicate that differences in body odor are detected and responded to on the basis of, in part, an individual's gender and sexual orientation. Possible mechanisms underlying these findings are discussed.

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Authors: Martins, Y., Preti, G., Crabtree, C. R., Runyan, T., Vainius, A. A., & Wysocki, C. J.
Affiliations: Flinders University (AU)
Monell Chemical Senses Center (US)
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (US)
Corresponding author: Wysocki, Charles J.
ORCID: Martins, Yolanda
Venue: Psychological Science
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2005-09
Volume: 16
Issue: 9
Pages: 694-701
ISSN: 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
1467-9280
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01598.x
OpenAlex: W1990006625
Cited by: 111
References: 38
Citations by year: 2025: 2 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 7
FWCI: 1.92
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Sensory Systems › Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
Keywords: human body odor, odor preference, sexual orientation, gender differences, mate choice, gay men, lesbians
MeSH terms: Adolescent, Adult, Choice Behavior, Female, Homosexuality, Humans, Male, Odorants, Pheromones, Sexual Behavior

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