Dansforskaren Peter Lovatt har undersökt hur kvinnor och män uppfattar varandra när de dansar:

Finding 1
When women rated the men’s dancing they rated the highest testosterone men as the most attractive and the lowest testosterone men as the least attractive.

Finding 2
When men rated the women’s dancing they rated the lowest testosterone women as the most attractive and the highest testosterone women as the least attractive.

Finding 3
High testosterone men dance differently to low testosterone men. High testosterone men make larger movements and their movements are more complexly coordinated than low testosterone men. High testosterone men express more energy in their movements and they take up more space on the dance floor.

Finding 4
Low testosterone women dance differently to high testosterone women. Low testosterone women make more subtle and isolated movements with their hips than high testosterone women. High testosterone women move more body parts while they are dancing and their movements are less controlled.

Conclusions
We interpret these findings to suggest that one function of social freestyle dance is to communicate genetic fitness as part of the sexual selection process.

Inte helt förvånande, detta attraktionsmönster, men intressant att det kunde beläggas på dansgolvet. Om dans är en del av den sexuella selektionsprocessen, förklarar det varför (särskilt religiösa) moralister ofta är fientliga mot dans?