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In contrast to this belief, Brierly et al. (2016) found that Australian women manipulated male bodies to be at around 16% when they were prompted to create the most 'attractive' bodies.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303798036_The_Body_and_the_Beautiful_Health_Attractiveness_and_Body_Composition_in_Men%27s_and_Women%27s_Bodies#pfe</ref> | In contrast to this belief, Brierly et al. (2016) found that Australian women manipulated male bodies to be at around 16% when they were prompted to create the most 'attractive' bodies.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303798036_The_Body_and_the_Beautiful_Health_Attractiveness_and_Body_Composition_in_Men%27s_and_Women%27s_Bodies#pfe</ref> | ||
Lei & Perrett replicated this in a sample of British women, finding that they preferred men with body fat percentages of 14.5% and 15% for short & long-term relationships, respectively, a difference that was non-significant. However, this study used less naturalistic 3D morphs than the first.<ref>https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjop.12451</ref> | Lei & Perrett replicated this in a sample of British women, finding that they preferred men with body fat percentages of 14.5% and 15% for short & long-term relationships, respectively, a difference that was non-significant. However, this study used less naturalistic 3D morphs than the first.<ref>https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjop.12451</ref> | ||
A survey conducted by the fitness site Bony to Beastly also found that women generally preferred men with a low but not extremely lean body fat % as the most attractive (around 13%).<ref>https://bonytobeastly.com/most-attractive-male-body-survey-results/#2-the-most-attractive-degree-of-leanness</ref> | A survey conducted by the fitness site Bony to Beastly also found that women generally preferred men with a low but not extremely lean body fat % as the most attractive (around 13%).<ref>https://bonytobeastly.com/most-attractive-male-body-survey-results/#2-the-most-attractive-degree-of-leanness</ref> This survey also found that women preferred 'skinny-fat' men, or men with a low level of muscle but a proportionately high percentage of body fat, to very thin men, suggesting that women tend to prefer men with some bulk over skinny men even if that bulk derives from fat. | ||
Also concerning women's preferences in regards to leanness in men, Wang et al. conducted an analysis of whether there was evidence of assortative preference in regards to the body fat percentage of an ideal partner in raters of both sexes. This sample was cross-cultural, and revealed heterogeneity in women's preferences for male body fat percentage, broken down by their race. This also found that most women of all races preferred leaner, but not super lean men, with 14% of women conforming to the rating pattern that evaluated very lean men (10% body fat). The female raters' BMI played little role in these evaluations, unlike what was discovered in prior research. Very few women preferred obese men.<ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/oby.22092#oby22092-bib-0034</ref> | Also concerning women's preferences in regards to leanness in men, Wang et al. conducted an analysis of whether there was evidence of assortative preference in regards to the body fat percentage of an ideal partner in raters of both sexes. This sample was cross-cultural, and revealed heterogeneity in women's preferences for male body fat percentage, broken down by their race. This also found that most women of all races preferred leaner, but not super lean men, with 14% of women conforming to the rating pattern that evaluated very lean men (10% body fat). The female raters' BMI played little role in these evaluations, unlike what was discovered in prior research. Very few women preferred obese men.<ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/oby.22092#oby22092-bib-0034</ref> | ||