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.
***Man, she gonna have the chiggers something awful. ***
Excuse me, ma'm. I need to check you all over for ticks and chiggers.
There's one! I'll need to pull it off!
Read my post 39, never take my word for it. Take God's word for it. Lots more reliable.
Let's see... 24"/36" = 0.666...
Why is it that most of the ladies I see these days have a fraction greater than one?
You judge to rapidly...
What were to be said if you gave that quick second look because you believe in God's perfection and looked once again to admire his work??
Hmmm. I get the feeling you are naive female, a pre-pubescent teen boy, or someone who is saying what he wants to be true about himself and others but is not. Or, you are just joking.
And I wear what when I put the dishes in the dishwasher to get this reponse?
What a revelation! What was their first clue?
I think you got distracted and ended up on the wrong thread...
Probably #56, Pic #1 is a good start....
Uh...(cough! cough!)...er, yes, to be sure. "Hayek." That's the name of...an economist...right? Lots of curves in...economics...
***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".***
Does Capt Hank wish she had a Cat o' nine tails to go with that outfit?
These days Mr. Peanut just lusts in his heart for the destruction of Israel.
Zaftig is niiiice, bubbeleh.
Even in New Mexico.
And America.
"Prof Singh found evidence this "belle curve" is ingrained in the male brain in his studies of Playboy centrefolds,"
I did this research decades ago.
LOLOL!!! I don't think that's the Rabbit that Jimmah was askeered of....
Actually Kate Moss has a pretty low waist-hip ratio -- she's thin, but still has curves.
Opps. sorry, I pasted the wrong comment. my bad.
That girl is smokin hot...
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