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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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1 posted on 01/09/2007 5:53:06 PM PST by blam
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To: blam

Will there be pictures in this thread? ;)


2 posted on 01/09/2007 5:54:22 PM PST by Mr J (All IMHO.)
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To: Mr J; blam

3 posted on 01/09/2007 5:56:29 PM PST by sit-rep ( http://trulineint.com/latestposts.asp)
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To: blam

Some men don't lust at all. Most of them are called Christians. No, not queers.


4 posted on 01/09/2007 5:56:34 PM PST by Frwy (Eternity without Jesus is a hell-of-a long time.)
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To: Mr J; blam

5 posted on 01/09/2007 5:56:43 PM PST by sit-rep ( http://trulineint.com/latestposts.asp)
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To: Mr J

You wanted a pic....

6 posted on 01/09/2007 5:56:50 PM PST by Diverdogz
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To: Frwy

Just remember - God forgave Mr. Peanut!


7 posted on 01/09/2007 5:57:20 PM PST by Chi-townChief
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To: Mr J
Sure, here ya go.


8 posted on 01/09/2007 5:57:33 PM PST by Lijahsbubbe
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To: Mr J
How about this?


9 posted on 01/09/2007 5:57:37 PM PST by Huntress (Proud owner of Norman/Norma, the transsexual attack cat.)
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To: Frwy
Some men don't lust at all. Most of them are called Christians.

True, but just a quick second look never hurt anyone!!

10 posted on 01/09/2007 5:57:57 PM PST by sit-rep ( http://trulineint.com/latestposts.asp)
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To: Diverdogz

Hey, you have good taste!


11 posted on 01/09/2007 5:58:22 PM PST by Lijahsbubbe
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To: blam
Yes, I have to agree that Twiggy doesn't have a lot of sex appeal.


12 posted on 01/09/2007 5:58:49 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Frwy
Some men don't lust at all. Most of them are called Christians. No, not queers.

Actually, I think there's only been ONE man that didn't lust at all, but you are right about the Christian part :)

13 posted on 01/09/2007 5:59:06 PM PST by timm22 (Think critically)
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To: blam
There may be a more primal, hard-wired reaction relating to a man sub-conciously seeking a woman with good child-bearing hip structure.
14 posted on 01/09/2007 5:59:17 PM PST by NoControllingLegalAuthority
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To: blam

Who would have guessed? It's nice to see that effort is put into such ground-breaking research. (/sarcasm)


15 posted on 01/09/2007 5:59:53 PM PST by Aikonaa
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To: blam

kate moss???

16 posted on 01/09/2007 6:00:30 PM PST by cloud8
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To: Frwy
Some men don't lust at all.

LOL.

17 posted on 01/09/2007 6:00:41 PM PST by Aikonaa
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To: Frwy
Some men don't lust at all. Most of them are called Christians. No, not queers.

Wrong. A healthy man will feel lust, and that includes Christian men. However, truly believing Christian men control their lusts, rather than allowing their lusts to control them.
18 posted on 01/09/2007 6:01:37 PM PST by fr_freak
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To: blam

Duh.


19 posted on 01/09/2007 6:02:43 PM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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Prof Singh found evidence this "belle curve" is ingrained in the male brain in his studies of Playboy centrefolds,

Long hours of difficult study?

20 posted on 01/09/2007 6:03:05 PM PST by MAexile (Bats left, votes right)
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