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A '''wristcel''' refers to someone whose romantic overtures tend to result in [[nonredamancy]] due to having thin wrists. | A '''wristcel''' refers to someone whose romantic overtures tend to result in [[nonredamancy]] due to having thin wrists. | ||
Wristcels tend to be laughed at for their self-consciousness about their wrists and for having [[body dysmorphia]]. | Wristcels tend to be laughed at for their self-consciousness about their wrists and for having [[body dysmorphia]]. | ||
However, eye-tracking technology revealed women do tend to notice a man's arm width. | However, eye-tracking technology revealed women do tend to notice a man's arm width.<ref>https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/7e19/1fa7a146defd7d948f3dec63dad3f04a6fd8.pdf</ref> | ||
Cues of physical dominance such as upper body bulkiness and arm thickness (not even necessarily strength) also play a major role in men's intrasexual competition (intimidation of other men) which decides their access to women.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513817304105</ref> | Cues of physical dominance such as upper body bulkiness and arm thickness (not even necessarily strength) also play a major role in men's intrasexual competition (intimidation of other men) which decides their access to women.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513817304105</ref> | ||
One study has found an [[assortative mating]] correlation of r = .55 (p < .01) for wrist circumference in a sample of 205 U.S. citizens from Ann Arbor.<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/19485565.1968.9987763</ref> | One study has found an [[assortative mating]] correlation of r = .55 (p < .01) for wrist circumference in a sample of 205 U.S. citizens from Ann Arbor.<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/19485565.1968.9987763</ref> | ||