Genes linked to leadership/social dominance, predicted greater speed-dating success for men.

Guided by social role theory and prior genetic studies, this study confirmed that mate selection could be influenced by people’s abilities to detect “good genes” in a speed-dating setting, in which participants’ behaviors had real-life consequences. Consistent with social role theory, individuals with genotypes that were consistent with prevailing gender norms (for females, submissiveness/social sensitivity, a communal attribute; and for males, leadership/social dominance, an agentic attribute) had greater dating success and were perceived more positively by their partners. 

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12110-016-9257-8?wt_mc=alerts.TOCjournals

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