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Food Adventurousness Shapes Perceived Sexual Desirability
- Willingness to try novel foods changes how others judge sexual and romantic desirability.
- Studies (vignettes and fake OKCupid profiles) found targets described as adventurous about food were rated more sexually unrestricted and desirable than picky eaters.
Tamler Ate Guinea Pig In Peru To Prove He's Adventurous
- Tamler recounts trying exotic foods (including guinea pig in Peru) to illustrate willingness-to-try examples.
- He uses these personal feeding adventures to explain why culinary adventurousness signals broader boldness.
Food Specificity, Not General Openness, Drives Judgments
- The effect is specific to food openness rather than general openness to experience.
- Authors tested profiles saying someone was open in most domains but picky about food and found the food dimension drove perceived sexual disgust and judgments.