Men prefer average sized women over fashion models and Playboy centrefolds, claim scientists

Telegraph.co.uk ^ | 11 Jun 2009 | Richard Alleyne

[greatdefender]

Researchers found that men preferred the shape of ordinary women, equivalent to dress size 14, than so-called super-attractive models, according to a study that compared the body shapes of ordinary women, Playboy centrefolds, models from the 1920s and 1990s and glamour girls. Professor Rob Brooks at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and colleagues, asked 100 male students to judge the attractiveness of 201 line drawings of female torsos with different hip, waist and shoulder measurements.

[Deb]

Super models have more germs.

[TheZMan]

...

Yeah.

[razorback-bert]

I spray them with Lysol first.

[TWohlford]

Well, duh!

I’ve met a few Playboy playmates (3). And, I went to grad school w/ a model w/ a national shampoo modeling contract.

Models and Playboy playmates are size 0-3 women with boob jobs. Many of them are pretty, but not stunning, once out of “costume”.

[Big_Monkey]

"Super models have more germs."

But, they're the good kind of germs....

...I don't even know what that means.

[Kirkwood]

Size 14.

[Deb]

Ah, men.

[Niteflyr]

Size 14??? E-gad! I don’t think so. They sure didn’t ask me my opinion!

[greatdefender]

Thats my kind of woman. as long the meat is geater than bones, I’ll take it!!!!!

[Niteflyr]

Yeah that’s a size 14...they can’t tell me men prefer that...what baloney....

[Big_Monkey]

"Ah, men."

We must be genetically predisposed to reflexively defend supermodels. I don't know if Darwin actually had anything to do with it, but that's who I'm blaming.

[Deb]

I blame Bill Clinton. Like always.

[Clock King]

Yep! Men may want to date models, but they almost always marry the girl-next-door. And ain’t nothing wrong with size 14.

[abner]

Bookmarking THIS thread.

[MyTwoCopperCoins]

LEFT: Size 8

RIGHT: Size 14

[Niteflyr]

We must be genetically predisposed to reflexively defend supermodels.

I don't mind some meat on the bones. But size 14? Oink oink....:o)

[Dacus943]

"claim scientists"

GAY Scientists???!!!

[RandallFlagg]

I would.

[Deb]

This is a UK article and in the UK size 14 translates to an American 12 and sometimes a 10. So always look at labels.