It turns out men do prefer curves, UT researchers found — but usually for casual relationships.
Researchers discovered men determine whether a woman is a potential short-term physical partner or a long-term mate simply by examining her features, according to a study released Monday in the Evolution and Human Behavior science journal.
A UT research team interviewed 375 men and women and concluded that men categorize women with attractive, curvy bodies as short-term partners, whereas a woman with a pretty face would more likely be considered for a long-term relationship.
Psychology graduate student Carin Perilloux, a member of the research team, said while men favored an attractive face specifically in long-term relationships, women preferred attractive faces in both cases.
Women made judgements based on the face 69 percent of the time for both short- and long-term relationships in the study, but men based their choice on the face 75 percent of the time only for long-term mates, Perilloux said.
Perilloux said that some indication as to why a woman’s body is more appealing to men for physical relations has to do with her body’s indication of fertility.
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Of course men look for curves in women – this idea of being stick thin has just turned into a competition between certain female ‘celebs’ that is promoted by the media.
Real men want real women that will produce the healthiest offspring, and you guessed it that means not a figure that wouldn’t cope with having children
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