While we’re on the topic of women today, another article from the Telegraph (are they doing a special feature on women today or what?) concludes that Women who are shorter, but have long legs are the most attractive.
According to lead researcher Dr. William Brown of Brunel University,”…shorter, slimmer females with long slender legs, a curvy figure and larger breasts are more attractive.”
On the other hand, tall men with broad shoulders and relatively short legs in comparison to the length of their upper body are the most attractive to women. The article cites Olympics Swimmer, and American heartthrob Michael Phelps as an example.
The reasoning behind this discrepency is symmetry. Numerous previous studies on attraction have found that symmetry is a key component of human attraction. Since the human eye isn’t nuanced enough to detect subtle imperfections in body symmetry, the human mind cheats by judging people based on their body masculinity. A tall man with broad shoulders is considered to have high body masculinity, which also suggests a greater degree of symmetry. Conversley, a woman with low body masculinity, possessing long legs and an hour-glass figure is considered to be likely to be more symmetrical.
It’s interesting to think that while people tend to believe that their attraction to people is based on personality, fate and other novel ideas, more than likely the vast majority of human attraction is dictated by deeply rooted evolutionary instincts and biochemical reactions.
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