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'''Body attractiveness''' refers to the perceived aesthetic quality of an individual's body or group of people as distinguished from their face's attractiveness. Among humans, bodily attractiveness is primarily determined by cues related to perceived upper body strength and overall physical vitality in men, such as broad shoulders,<ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01542671</ref> a lower waist-to-chest ratio (WCR, which is the circumference of the waist divided by the circumference of the chest, therefore a lower ratio denotes a larger trunk and a narrower waist, i.e. the classic 'V-taper' torso shape),<ref>https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(99)00438-9.pdf</ref> a reasonably low body fat percentage,<ref>https://paperity.org/p/80406533/the-body-and-the-beautiful-health-attractiveness-and-body-composition-in-mens-and-womens</ref> a BMI in the high normal to overweight range (the latter likely indicating a preference for greater muscularity and not fat mass in light of the previously mentioned female aversion towards excessive levels of fat mass in men),<ref>[[Scientific Blackpill#The most attractive BMI range for men is .7E24.5-27 and for women .7E17-19 as it is most youthful]]</ref> muscular arms, and a general level of lower body musculature that is not grossly disproportionate with the upper body ('chicken leg syndrome'). | '''Body attractiveness''' refers to the perceived aesthetic quality of an individual's body or group of people bodies as distinguished from their face's attractiveness. Among humans, bodily attractiveness is primarily determined by cues related to perceived upper body strength and overall physical vitality in men, such as broad shoulders,<ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01542671</ref> a lower waist-to-chest ratio (WCR, which is the circumference of the waist divided by the circumference of the chest, therefore a lower ratio denotes a larger trunk and a narrower waist, i.e. the classic 'V-taper' torso shape),<ref>https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(99)00438-9.pdf</ref> a reasonably low body fat percentage,<ref>https://paperity.org/p/80406533/the-body-and-the-beautiful-health-attractiveness-and-body-composition-in-mens-and-womens</ref> a BMI in the high normal to overweight range (the latter likely indicating a preference for greater muscularity and not fat mass in light of the previously mentioned female aversion towards excessive levels of fat mass in men),<ref>[[Scientific Blackpill#The most attractive BMI range for men is .7E24.5-27 and for women .7E17-19 as it is most youthful]]</ref> muscular arms, and a general level of lower body musculature that is not grossly disproportionate with the upper body ('chicken leg syndrome'). | ||
According to two studies examining women's preferences in regards to male body types published by the Royal Society in 2017, it appears that, when evaluating the holistic factors that determine women's judgements of the attractiveness of male bodies, perceived strength is the strongest single indicator of male bodily attractiveness, with this trait having a very high positive correlation (r = .0.8) with women's attractiveness ratings of said bodies. The conductors of these studies also found evidence that there exists a linear association between perceived strength (as judged by women) in male bodies and higher ratings of men's bodily attractive attractiveness, with no women in the sample demonstrating a statistically significant preference for weaker men, in contradiction to previous research that maintained this association was curvilinear (that is, women find men with a 'sweet spot' level of formidability to be the most attractive and dislike both very muscular and thin men).<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Rated_strength_is_the_main_predictor_of_men.27s_bodily_attractiveness._No_women_prefer_weak_men</ref> | According to two studies examining women's preferences in regards to male body types published by the Royal Society in 2017, it appears that, when evaluating the holistic factors that determine women's judgements of the attractiveness of male bodies, perceived strength is the strongest single indicator of male bodily attractiveness, with this trait having a very high positive correlation (r = .0.8) with women's attractiveness ratings of said bodies. The conductors of these studies also found evidence that there exists a linear association between perceived strength (as judged by women) in male bodies and higher ratings of men's bodily attractive attractiveness, with no women in the sample demonstrating a statistically significant preference for weaker men, in contradiction to previous research that maintained this association was curvilinear (that is, women find men with a 'sweet spot' level of formidability to be the most attractive and dislike both very muscular and thin men).<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Rated_strength_is_the_main_predictor_of_men.27s_bodily_attractiveness._No_women_prefer_weak_men</ref> | ||