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.
The definition of "lust" here is simply attraction, I think.
"there is another who prefers to woo a waif such as Twiggy or Kate Moss."
I have never heard a man mention them or their type as figures of lust.
Tax dollars at work...
Geraldo said on HC tonight that Uday and Qusay died as heros, honorably. WTF? And Sean didn't call him on it. WTF? I wasted the last 6 years giving SH 3 hours a day and 2 hours on Fox and he lets this Geraldo slide on these comments????
Sean you lost a listner/watcher tonight. I know have seen the light, you are nothing but a repub hack. Searn, where is your honor?
ps. This is not a hit piece on Sean Hannity, but this guy is losing everything that he built up on his continued support of his political buddies.
Bye Sean. Goodluck.
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Man, she gonna have the chiggers something awful.
***Yes, I have to agree that Twiggy doesn't have a lot of sex appeal.***
This reminds me of the old LI'L ABNER comic strip of that time in which a model named Icky is visiting Dogpach. The men get sick just looking at her, till Mammy Yokum feeds her up for two weeks, then she looks great but looses her modeling contract.
Okay, I'm guilty.... add black thigh high stockings and heels to the mix, I'm then hooked. Hmmmm... Kim Novak, "Strangers when we meet".
I'll take your word for that, but all of them are called eunuchs.
how old is that?
It's when a woman talks, and talks, and talks, and a man pretends to listen.
At least I think that's what my ex said...
Yeah, if you're a nerd.
Ping to the usual suspects...
Some things live forever...
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