| Title |
Preferred Female Body Proportions Among Child-Free Men
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Archives of Sexual Behavior, May 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10508-012-9964-0 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Christopher T. Burris, Armand R. Munteanu |
| Abstract |
Based on conceptual extrapolations from sociobiological models concerning the significance of secondary sex characteristics as markers of a female's capacity to produce and nurture offspring, we reasoned that men's greater unwillingness to reproduce would be linked to preference for a female body type characterized by the relative absence of such markers. Heterosexual undergraduate men (N = 67) indicated their ideal (most arousing) female body type on-line by means of an adjustable female figure. As expected, the desire to remain childfree was linked to erotic preference for a combination of smaller breasts and larger waist-to-hip ratio. Additional research into individual factors that map onto variations in the preferred body proportions of erotic targets is thus encouraged. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 50% |
| Japan | 2 | 20% |
| Unknown | 3 | 30% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 90% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 10% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 2 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |
| Russia | 1 | 3% |
| Czechia | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 25 | 83% |
Demographic breakdown
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| Student > Master | 6 | 20% |
| Other | 4 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 10% |
| Researcher | 3 | 10% |
| Other | 3 | 10% |
| Unknown | 7 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Psychology | 12 | 40% |
| Philosophy | 2 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 7% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 3% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 10% |
| Unknown | 9 | 30% |
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