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Date: | Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:10:05 -0500 |
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>One of the very interesting findings of evolutionary psychology is that
>the old saying "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" is basically wrong.
>Cross-cultural studies of beauty reveal two key findings: (1) the most
>desirable women have a waist-to-hip ratio between .6 and .8; (2) the
>most desirable mate has symmetrical features (both body and face).
Gregg, these are interesting facts. Could you please give us a book, URL,
or other reference for more on this?
Also, I was wondering about fact #1 in reference to the question of fatness
being considered beautiful. It's interesting that the ideal measurement is
a waist-to-hip ratio, rather than, say, width-to-height, which I would have
guessed. That seems to imply that some cultures prefer fat women, others
thin; but in all cases, the waist/hip ratio is about the same. Is that
true? More broadly, how wide a variety of cultures did this survey include?
Thanks -- K.
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