Despite intensive research, evolutionary psychology has not yet reached a consensus regarding the association between sexual dimorphism and attractiveness. This study examines associations between perceived and morphological facial sexual dimorphism and perceived attractiveness in samples from five distant countries (Cameroon, Colombia, Czechia, Iran and Turkey). We also examined possible moderating effects of skin lightness, averageness, age, body mass and facial width. Our results suggest that in all samples, women's perceived femininity was positively related to their perceived attractiveness. Women found perceived masculinity in men attractive only in Czechia and Colombia, two distant populations. The association between perceived sexual dimorphism and attractiveness is thus potentially universal only for women. Across populations, morphological sexual dimorphism and averageness are not universally associated with either perceived facial sexual dimorphism or attractiveness. With our exploratory approach, results highlight the need for control of which measure of sexual dimorphism is used (perceived or measured) because they affect perceived attractiveness differently. Morphological averageness and sexual dimorphism are not good predictors of perceived attractiveness. It is noted that future studies should use samples from multiple populations to allow for identification of specific effects of local environmental and socioeconomic conditions on preferred traits in unmanipulated local facial stimuli.

Department of Communication and Development Studies University of Bamenda Cameroon

Department of Philosophy and History of Science Faculty of Science Charles University Viničná 7 128 44 Prague Czech Republic

Department of Psychology Kadir Has University Istanbul Turkey

Department of Psychology University of British Columbia 2136 West Mall Vancouver British Columbia V6T 1Z4 Canada

Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Charles University Prague Czech Republic

Human Behaviour Laboratory Faculty of Psychology Universidad El Bosque Bogota Colombia

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