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The authors of the study also found that "(The data was) examined to see if any women in our samples showed a significant preference for weaker men. They did not. '''None of the 160 women in our study who rated attractiveness produced a statistically significant preference for weaker men''' (all p > 0.05) ... In other words, we could find no evidence that there exists a sizeable population of women who prefer physically weaker men when evaluating male bodies." | The authors of the study also found that "(The data was) examined to see if any women in our samples showed a significant preference for weaker men. They did not. '''None of the 160 women in our study who rated attractiveness produced a statistically significant preference for weaker men''' (all p > 0.05) ... In other words, we could find no evidence that there exists a sizeable population of women who prefer physically weaker men when evaluating male bodies." | ||
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* ''Ratings of strength are a robust and much larger predictor of bodily attractiveness than either height or weight.'' | * ''Ratings of strength are a robust and much larger predictor of bodily attractiveness than either height or weight.'' | ||
* ''Height is attractive even independent of making a man look strong. Controlling for how strong a man actually looks, raters still classify taller men as more attractive in two of the three samples.'' | * ''Height is attractive even independent of making a man look strong. Controlling for how strong a man actually looks, raters still classify taller men as more attractive in two of the three samples.'' |