Visual perception of female physical attractiveness
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Visual cues to female physical attractiveness.
Evolutionary psychology suggests that a woman's sexual attractiveness is based on cues of health and reproductive potential. In recent years, research has focused on the ratio of the width of the waist to the width of the hips (the waist-to-hip ratio (WHR). A low WHR (i.e. a curvaceous body) is believed to correspond to the optimal fat distribution for high fertility, and so this shape should b...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0962-8452,1471-2954
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2613