 [QUOTE]From that bootylicious Kim photo that broke the internet to hit songs like "All About That Bass," women's backsides are having a major moment in the spotlight. Interest in the female form is nothing new, of course. Previous research suggests that men evolved to prefer women with small waists and big hips--signals of youth and fertility. Now a new study adds surprising nuance to the the evolutionary theory behind men's interest in prominent posteriors--or, more precisely, in the curved spines that create them.  Men like women with CURVED SPINES as they are better at food foraging Psychologists at Bilkent University in Turkey showed 300 men silhouettes of women's bodies and found that a curved spine with an angle of 45 degrees was the most attractive. "Over the course of human history, women faced the adaptive problem of a forwarded-shifted center of mass during pregnancy," study co-author Eric Russell, a graduate student in psychology at the University of Texas at Arlington, told The Huffington Post in an email. "Women with a greater degree of lumbar curvature ... were able to redistribute this center of mass to reduce the strain of pregnancy. Thus, we hypothesized that men should have a psychological adaptation to prefer these women as mating partners." In short, male preference for this specific anatomical form likely evolved because it enabled women to sustain multiple pregnancies without injury and to forage productively during pregnancy. For the study, more than 300 men rated the attractiveness of female silhouettes that had lumbar curvatures ranging from 26 to 61 degrees. The men found a moderate curvature -- about 45.5 degrees -- to be just right. Such a curvature would have conferred evolutionary advantages without presenting health problems like back pain and slipped disks, the researchers said. The researchers also found the structure of the spine itself, rather than just the buttocks' fat and muscle, is key. "Men may be directing their attention to the butt and obtaining information about women's spines, even if they are unaware that that is what their minds are doing," Dr. David Lewis, a psychologist at Bilkent University in Turkey and the study's lead author, told the Daily Mail. "Alternatively, men may have preferences for both lumbar curvature and buttock size. Future research is needed to better understand the latter." The study was published online Feb. 7 in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior.[QUOTE] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/05/why-men-like-butts-science_n_6800172.html |
| Lies! All lies! You don't need science! We like them cause we're men. |
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| better at food foraging? I don't see the correlation between ass size and scavenging but Ill take your word for it. |
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So when all these girls are dropping it down low our instincts like it because it's like they're dropping low to pick up some berries while pregnant? Makes sense. |
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In short, male preference for this specific anatomical form likely evolved because it enabled women to sustain multiple pregnancies without injury and to forage productively during pregnancy i see |
| It's simple It's easier for a woman to give birth if she has wide hips, it's our natural instinct. |
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moonkingdomify said: It's simple It's easier for a woman to give birth if she has wide hips, it's our natural instinct. This. I think the study you are referring to is just grasping for weird things because people need their dissertations. Women with wide hips more commonly survive birth to be able to have more children, and infants born from mothers with wide hips are more likely to survive. Therefore, over millions of years, sexual selection had favored men who prefer wide-hipped women because their pursuance of such women makes their children more likely to survive. |
xEmptiness said: "if we follow what SW is suggesting, nihilism is the conclusion" |
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| Booty isn't attractive It's girls who are attractive when they are pretty and nice (◕‿◕✿) |
| asians always have the flattest booties |
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OnlyTemporary said: asians always have the flattest booties Nah |
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| yeah they have more flat booties than any other race. I have an extensive portfolio of research in somatology. |
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OnlyTemporary said: asians always have the flattest booties Nope. |
| Photos taken under optimal conditions dont lend your point any credence. |
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| Space Dandy's got this. |
OnlyTemporary said: asians always have the flattest booties This is true. They may have the cutest faces, but I like big butts and I cannot lie. |
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kodei said: Lies! All lies! You don't need science! We like them cause we're men. OT: I didn't need no explanation. |
| All this time I thought it was because big booties generally means the woman will deliver babies safely and without complications. |
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