Determinants of female physical attractiveness
The determinants of female physical attractiveness include those aspects that display health and fitness for reproduction and sustenance. These include correlates of fertility such as waist-hip-ratio[5], mid upper arm circumference, Body mass proportion[6] and facial symmetry.
Waist-hip ratio
Scientists have discovered that the waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) is a significant factor in judging female attractiveness. Women with a 0.7 WHR (waist circumference that is 70% of the hip circumference) are invariably rated as more attractive by men, regardless of their culture.
The ratio would supposedly signal female fertility for evolutionary choices. fertility-as they age, women's waists thicken as their fertility declines.(see menopause)
Such diverse beauty icons as Marilyn Monroe, Twiggy, Sophia Loren, Kate Moss, and the Venus de Milo all have ratios around 0.7.
To figure out your WHR:
While you have that mirror and measuring tape handy, locate the point below your waist where your hips are at their widest point. Hold the tape's starting tab at the center of your hipline, and wrap the tape around your hips and buttocks, keeping the tape parallel to the floor. The number that lines up with the starting point of the measuring tape is your hip measurement. To calculate your waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), divide your waist measurement by your hip measurement. For both women and men, a WHR of 1.0 or higher is considered "at risk" for developing health complications associated with being overweight or obese. A healthy target for women is a WHR of 0.8 or less, and for men it's 0.9 or less.
Such diverse beauty icons as Marilyn Monroe, Twiggy, Sophia Loren, Kate Moss, and the Venus de Milo all have ratios around 0.7.
To figure out your WHR:
While you have that mirror and measuring tape handy, locate the point below your waist where your hips are at their widest point. Hold the tape's starting tab at the center of your hipline, and wrap the tape around your hips and buttocks, keeping the tape parallel to the floor. The number that lines up with the starting point of the measuring tape is your hip measurement. To calculate your waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), divide your waist measurement by your hip measurement. For both women and men, a WHR of 1.0 or higher is considered "at risk" for developing health complications associated with being overweight or obese. A healthy target for women is a WHR of 0.8 or less, and for men it's 0.9 or less.
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