title: Cultural differences in preferences for shapes.
abstract: It was predicted that since there is less sexual restraint in Jamaica the sex difference in shape preference should be larger for native adult Jamaicans than Caymanian adults. Pairs of drawings of a "female" and a "male" object, depicted according to the theory of sexual symbolism, were shown to 200 subjects, who indicated which of each pair they preferred. The larger sex difference found among Jamaicans was interpreted in terms of primary sexual stimulus generalization.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D005556:Form Perception; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D007563:Jamaica; D008297:Male; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D013561:Symbolism; D014900:West Indies