‘Less money is spent annually on medical research than on hairdos.’ –L. M. Boyd
Women who have a smaller waist in relation to their hips tend to be perceived as more attractive. Some argue this is an evolutionary tendency, a desire for women who are perceived to be more fertile, while others suggest it is just a product of the media who, from porn to Prada, laud the image of small waisted women.
The New York Times covers a fascinating study which tested these ideas in an innovative way - by seeing whether blind men, who have avoided the body-shape bias of visual media, would also find women with a lower waist-to-hip ratio more attractive.
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