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Proof that women's chests really are a man's 'first fixation'
Daily Mail ^ | 06th September 2009 | Helen Down

Posted on 09/05/2009 11:40:46 PM PDT by Wardenclyffe

Women have long complained that their faces are often the last thing men look at – and now a scientific study has proved them right.

Researchers found that virtually half – 47 per cent – of men first glance at a woman’s chest. A third of the so-called ‘first fixations’ are on the waist and hips, while fewer than 20 per cent look at the face.

Not only are breasts often the first thing men look at, they also glance at them for longer than any other body part, the experts discovered.

It’s thought that the reason might be evolutionary, as women with larger chests and slim waists – such as opera singer Katherine Jenkins – have higher levels of the female hormone oestrogen, indicating greater fertility.

But the researchers conceded that there could be a more prosaic explanation. ‘Men may be looking more often at the breasts because they are simply aesthetically pleasing, regardless of the size,’ they said.

The scientists recorded which areas men looked at first, the number of times they looked, and how long their gaze lasted, using cameras and mirrors to measure tiny eye movements.

It also found that men began to gaze at the ‘components of the hourglass figure’ within 0.2 seconds.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: abeautifulpair; beauty; boobies; breasts; chest; chests; guiltypleasures; holycow; hooters; mamamia
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Scientist are also working on a theory to explain how they are continually awarded funding for studies that require no further study.

1 posted on 09/05/2009 11:40:46 PM PDT by Wardenclyffe
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To: Wardenclyffe
Udderly rediculous.
2 posted on 09/05/2009 11:44:17 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Wardenclyffe
"...that require no further study."

from my perspective, i couldn't disagree more! ;)

3 posted on 09/05/2009 11:45:13 PM PDT by robomatik
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To: Wardenclyffe

What was the topic......Wow.


4 posted on 09/05/2009 11:46:11 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Yonder stands your orphan with his gun)
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To: Wardenclyffe

But you know somebody somewhere is tired of listening to that mouth.


5 posted on 09/05/2009 11:47:30 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Electric Graffiti

I forgot as soon as I hit the “post” button. Something about scientists and 47% look at 27%...or something like that.


6 posted on 09/05/2009 11:50:25 PM PDT by Wardenclyffe
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To: Wardenclyffe

7 posted on 09/05/2009 11:50:28 PM PDT by Daffynition (A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.)
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To: Wardenclyffe

what face?


8 posted on 09/05/2009 11:51:16 PM PDT by max americana (i)
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To: imahawk
Why would you listen to that mouth?
9 posted on 09/05/2009 11:53:33 PM PDT by datura ("Against all enemies, both foreign and domestic")
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The scientists recorded which areas men looked at first, the number of times they looked, and how long their gaze lasted, using cameras and mirrors to measure tiny eye movements.

Tiny eye movements? Ok...

10 posted on 09/05/2009 11:55:55 PM PDT by Wardenclyffe
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To: windcliff

What a titillating thread. Looks like we’ve been busted.


11 posted on 09/05/2009 11:56:43 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: Wardenclyffe
"Men may be looking more often at the breasts because they are simply aesthetically pleasing, regardless of the size,’ "

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
12 posted on 09/05/2009 11:57:33 PM PDT by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus)
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To: Wardenclyffe

I might fund my own study, which will prove that beer is wet.

13 posted on 09/05/2009 11:58:46 PM PDT by MarineBrat (Fill your hands you sons of bitches!)
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To: numberonepal

#1 is not guilty.


14 posted on 09/05/2009 11:58:56 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (So many Communists, so little time.)
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To: Wardenclyffe

Well, bear in mind that in science, even if something is well-known, if you want to talk about it, you need to have the data to show it, if for no other reason than many things which “everybody knows” turn out to be bunk. For about a bajillion examples, study any econ primer or textbook. Many people believe things about how an economy works which are totally false. Minimum wage laws *don’t* help low-skilled workers, trade deficits are meaningless, economies don’t suffer when money is sent overseas, free trade between nations actually makes nations wealthier and not poorer, etc.


15 posted on 09/06/2009 12:00:38 AM PDT by LifeComesFirst (Until the unborn are free, nobody is free.)
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To: Wardenclyffe

I think its a subconscious throwback to the good feelings we felt when we were nursed as infants from our mothers’ breasts. It goes away in your toddler years, then comes roaring back for the rest of your life once you hit puberty. God created Eve on the sixth day, and it was good!


16 posted on 09/06/2009 12:01:19 AM PDT by Karma Police (Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!!!)
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To: Wardenclyffe
Somebody is going to get offended and either have the pictures deleted or the whole article, but let me make it perfectly clear, I read this ONLY for the article. Really.
17 posted on 09/06/2009 12:01:37 AM PDT by altair (When will we stop selecting our leaders based on the "lesser of two evils"?)
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To: Wardenclyffe

I’m a leg man.


18 posted on 09/06/2009 12:08:20 AM PDT by skimask
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To: skimask

Me too.


19 posted on 09/06/2009 12:13:29 AM PDT by Wardenclyffe
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To: altair

Gravity is not an enemy of a nice pair of legs.

20 posted on 09/06/2009 12:13:35 AM PDT by Loud Mime (Socialists always have a symbol: swastikas, hammers and sickles, and now barastikas)
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