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In the study women were asked to rate photos of men, and while height and leanness played a role, strength played the largest role in which pictures women picked. In fact, the women never chose weaker men, and there was no nuance to the results. Zero of the 160 women surveyed showed a statistical preference for weaker men.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/12/12/women-rate-the-strongest-men-as-the-most-attractive-study-finds/</ref> | According to academics Aaron Sell, Aaron W. Lukazsweski and Michael Townsley in another peer-reviewed study, '''cues of upper body strength account for most of the variance in men's bodily attractiveness'''.<ref>https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2017.1819</ref> In the study women were asked to rate photos of men, and while height and leanness played a role, strength played the largest role in which pictures women picked. In fact, the women never chose weaker men, and there was no nuance to the results. Zero of the 160 women surveyed showed a statistical preference for weaker men.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/12/12/women-rate-the-strongest-men-as-the-most-attractive-study-finds/</ref> | ||
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