wedding ring effect

English

Noun

wedding ring effect (uncountable)

  1. (psychology) A phenomenon in which people who are married or otherwise taken are perceived as more attractive.
    • 2003, Tobias Uller, L. Christoffer Johansson, “Human mate choice and the wedding ring effect: Are married men more attractive?”, in Human Nature, volume 14, number 3:
      We tested one of the hypotheses, the so-called wedding ring effect-that women would prefer men who are already engaged or married-in a series of live interactions between men and women. The results show that women do not find men signaling engagement, or being perceived as having a partner, more attractive or higher in socioeconomic status.
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