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Men Lust For Hourglass Curves, Say Researchers
The Telegraph (UK) ^
| 1-9-2007
| Roger Highfield
Posted on 01/09/2007 5:53:04 PM PST by blam
Men lust for hourglass curves, say researchers
By Roger Highfield Science Editor
Last Updated: 11:14pm GMT 09/01/2007
The traditional theory of beauty says that for every man who chases the voluptuous type, such as Jordan or Marilyn Monroe, there is another who prefers to woo a waif such as Twiggy or Kate Moss.
But this and the idea that beauty is subjective and ever-changing has been overturned by Prof Devendra Singh and his daughter Adrian Singh.
The psychologists from the University of Texas today publish research showing lovestruck men have only one thing on their minds: a woman's WHR - waist-hip ratio, calculated by dividing waist circumference by that of her hips. Prof Singh found evidence this "belle curve" is ingrained in the male brain in his studies of Playboy centrefolds, the ancient Egyptians and tests on men from different cultures.
Today, in the Royal Society journal, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biological Sciences, they analyse thousands of examples of British literature from the 16th to 18th Centuries to show that men found the same things attractive then as today: a narrow waist and an hourglass shape.
"There were 66 romantic descriptions of waist in these three centuries, and every one of them referred to a narrow waist," said Prof Singh.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: babygotback; broadsohyeah; curves; embiggened; hourglass; ifugotthecurves; igottheangles; ilikebigbutts; lust; men; single; sirmixalot; thick; yeahbaby
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To: blam
Umm, duh
And the best for last!!
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posted on
01/09/2007 6:03:35 PM PST
by
Paddlefish
("Why should I have to WORK for everything?! It's like saying I don't deserve it!")
To: Mr J
Will there be pictures in this thread? ;)
But of course.
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posted on
01/09/2007 6:03:53 PM PST
by
don-o
(There is NO free lunch! Visualize no Free Republic. Not pretty is it? Do the Monthly!)
To: blam
A good figure is only part. Being able to pick-up their end of the sofa some of the time would nice too.
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posted on
01/09/2007 6:04:49 PM PST
by
ThomasThomas
(Random thoughts can be rational.)
To: Mr J
I think the lust part is
actually an endorphin surge
A recent PET scan study, doing functional brain imaging
showed the male brain having a major endorphin surge with
seeing "partially clad" human females
Strangely, females do not have such an endorphin response
Imagine the consequences
To: ThomasThomas
Being able to pick-up their end of the sofa some of the time would nice too. Not to mention their end of a conversation ...
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posted on
01/09/2007 6:07:31 PM PST
by
IronJack
(=)
To: IronJack
Conversation? What's that?
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posted on
01/09/2007 6:10:25 PM PST
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: Frwy
"Some men don't lust at all. Most of them are called Christians."
Some men are free from sin?
To: Mr J
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posted on
01/09/2007 6:11:31 PM PST
by
Enterprise
(Drop pork bombs on the Islamofascist wankers. Praise the Lord and pass the hammunition.)
To: blam
YA THINK SO???
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posted on
01/09/2007 6:11:37 PM PST
by
Malichi
(!)
To: Grizzled Bear
Conversation? What's that? It's what you do while you're walking from the kitchen to the bedroom.
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posted on
01/09/2007 6:12:00 PM PST
by
IronJack
(=)
To: don-o
Kellnerin! Ein Bier, bitte!
31
posted on
01/09/2007 6:13:35 PM PST
by
ArtyFO
(I love to smoke cigars when I adjust artillery fire at the moonbat loonery.)
To: pissant
I noticed you're AWOL from this thread.....
Curves? My babe has them and she's 54!
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posted on
01/09/2007 6:13:37 PM PST
by
Loud Mime
("She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon." - Groucho Marx)
To: Malichi
JUST ONE MORE!
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posted on
01/09/2007 6:17:44 PM PST
by
Malichi
(!)
To: MAexile
Long hours of difficult study? Most likely many short periods of study over a long period of time. In fact, the study will take many more years.
To: Frwy
Some men don't lust at all. Most of them are called Christians.Lust is not equivalent to attraction.
To: blam
Salma is my contribution...
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posted on
01/09/2007 6:19:10 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
([She turned me into a] Newt! in '08)
To: Frwy
Well they had the advantage of having hundreds of wives. Wait, it that an advantage????
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posted on
01/09/2007 6:19:12 PM PST
by
Paddlefish
("Why should I have to WORK for everything?! It's like saying I don't deserve it!")
To: HangnJudge
I enjoy it immensely when my husband dresses seductively and.....does the dishes. Oooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhh Baby!
To: sit-rep
Jesus speaking", "You have heard that it was said 'to those of old', You shall not commit adltry. But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultry with her in his heart." Matt 5:27-28 NKJV
I wouldn't count on you premise my friend.
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posted on
01/09/2007 6:20:37 PM PST
by
Frwy
(Eternity without Jesus is a hell-of-a long time.)
To: NoControllingLegalAuthority
...or a primal reaction related to a man seeking a woman who wasn't already pregnant.
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