What Makes Jessica Rabbit Sexy? Contrasting Roles of Waist and Hip Size

Lassek, William D.; Gaulin, Steven J. C.

doi:10.1177/1474704916643459

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“…In other words, the WHR = .68 obtained in the present study (global context) is far from extremely supernormal WHRs of caricatures, cartoon characters and other artistic stylizations (cf. Lassek & Gaulin, 2016), but it is closer to WHRs measured in 'normally supernormal' females such as Playboy centerfolds (cf. Voracek & Fisher, 2002).…”

Section: Preference For Average -Supernormalsupporting

confidence: 56%

Attractiveness of the female body: Preference for the average or the supernormal?

Marković¹,

Bulut²

2017

Psihologija

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The main purpose of the present study was to contrast the two hypotheses of female body attractiveness. The first is the "preference-for-the average" hypothesis: the most attractive female body is the one that represents the average body proportions for a given population. The second is the "preference-for-the supernormal" hypothesis: according to the so-called "peak shift effect", the most attractive female body is more feminine than the average. We investigated the preference for three female body characteristics: waist to hip ratio (WHR), buttocks and breasts. There were 456 participants of both genders. Using a program for computer animation (DAZ 3D) three sets of stimuli were generated (WHR, buttocks and breasts). Each set included six stimuli ranked from the lowest to the highest femininity level. Participants were asked to choose the stimulus within each set which they found most attractive (task 1) and average (task 2). One group of participants judged the body parts that were presented in the global context (whole body), while the other group judged the stimuli in the local context (isolated body parts only). Analyses have shown that the most attractive WHR, buttocks and breasts are more feminine (meaning smaller for WHR and larger for breasts and buttocks) than average ones, for both genders and in both presentation contexts. The effect of gender was obtained only for the most attractive breasts: males prefer larger breasts than females. Finally, most attractive and average WHR and breasts were less feminine in the local than in the global context. These results support the preference-forthe supernormal hypothesis: all analyses have shown that both male and female participants preferred female body parts which are more feminine than those judged average.

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Section: Preference For Average -Supernormalsupporting

confidence: 56%

Attractiveness of the female body: Preference for the average or the supernormal?

Marković¹,

Bulut²

2017

Psihologija

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“…However, a low waist-to-hip ratio and low BMI is strongly associated with youth and nubility (Andrews, Lukazweski, Simmons, & Bleske-Recheck, 2017;Fisher 1992;Lassek & Gaulin, 2016, 2018a, 2018b-that is, a woman having reached puberty and accumulated the type of body fat (omega 3 fatty acids) that is critical to a child's brain development (and which tends to be deposited on a woman's hips and thighs). This may seem like a fine distinction, but as…”

Section: Existing Research On Long-term Familial Bondsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Family Matters: Rethinking the Psychology of Human Social Motivation

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Kwon

et al. 2019

Perspect Psychol Sci

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What motives do people prioritize in their social lives? Historically, social psychologists, especially those adopting an evolutionary perspective, have devoted a great deal of research attention to sexual attraction and romantic-partner choice (mate seeking). Research on long-term familial bonds (mate retention and kin care) has been less thoroughly connected to relevant comparative and evolutionary work on other species, and in the case of kin care, these bonds have been less well researched. Examining varied sources of data from 27 societies around the world, we found that people generally view familial motives as primary in importance and mate-seeking motives as relatively low in importance. Compared with other groups, college students, single people, and men place relatively higher emphasis on mate seeking, but even those samples rated kin-care motives as more important. Furthermore, motives linked to long-term familial bonds are positively associated with psychological well-being, but mate-seeking motives are associated with anxiety and depression. We address theoretical and empirical reasons why there has been extensive research on mate seeking and why people prioritize goals related to long-term familial bonds over mating goals. Reallocating relatively greater research effort toward long-term familial relationships would likely yield many interesting new findings relevant to everyday people’s highest social priorities.

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“…Thus, we hypothesized that lower WHR, WSR, and WBR would be positively correlated with higher rankings. Recent studies also reported that WSR influences our perception of attractiveness in females more than WHR (Andrew et al, 2017;Lassek & Gaulin, 2016). Thus, we hypothesized that WSR, in comparison to WHR, is a more important factor on the rankings of plus-size models.…”

Section: Current Studymentioning

confidence: 80%

“…Over the years, several anthropometric measures have been proposed by evolutionary psychologists as cues of health and fertility in females. These anthropometric measures include, but are not limited to, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), body mass index (BMI), waist-to-bust ratio (WBR), and waist-to-stature ratio (WSR) (Fisher & Voracek, 2005;Kościński, 2014;Lassek & Gaulin, 2016;. Although evolutionary psychology studies are oftentimes concerned with functional explanations (e.g., Andrews, Lukaszewski, Simmons, & Bleske-Rechek, 2017; Jasien śka, Ziomkiewicz, Ellison, Lipson, & Thune, 2004;Singh, 1993), a more multifaceted understanding of why certain anthropometric measures determine female attractiveness in humans can be benefited by Tinbergen's four questions (Tinbergen, 1963).…”

Section: Anthropometric Measures As Cues Of Health and Fertility In Fmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some naturalistic studies have demonstrated our preferences for certain anthropometric measures in females (e.g., lower waist-to-hip ratios) with Miss America (Singh, 1993), playboy models (Lassek & Gaulin, 2016), and adult media models . However, we do not know whether these findings can be applied to a different category of female models (e.g., plus-size models), who could vary significantly in shapes and sizes from other types of models (e.g., fashion, glamour, and playboy models).…”

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Lower Waist-to-Hip, Waist-to-Stature, and Waist-to-Bust Ratios Predict Higher Rankings of Plus-size Models in a Naturalistic Condition

Aung¹,

Williams²

2018

Preprint

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Previous research suggests that waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-stature ratio (WSR), and waist-to-bust ratio (WBR) serve as cues of health and fertility in women, influencing the viewers’ perception of attractiveness. However, it is unclear to what extent these findings can be applied to the perception of female attractiveness in a naturalistic condition or in women with a higher body mass index. In this study, we tested whether lower WHR, WSR, and WBR increased the perceived attractiveness of plus-size models in a naturalistic condition. The WHR, WSR, and WBR were computed via biometric data (height, bust, waist, and hip measurements) of 49 U.S. plus-size models who have been listed on ranker.com. The photographs of these models have been viewed 2.60 million times and voted 146,000 times. The perception of attractiveness was operationalized as rankings, generated from the relative number of upvotes and downvotes from site visitors. Spearman correlations showed that lower WHR, WSR, and WBR were all positively correlated with higher rankings. In a subsequent ordinal logistic regression, only WSR and WBR remained as significant predictors of rankings. The principal component regression also revealed that the latent body component of WHR, WSR, and WBR predicted rankings of the models.These findings cannot be accounted by the models’ general popularity or their anthropometric measures being similar to other types of models’ (e.g., fashion, glamor, playboy, and adult film models). Our findings suggest that smaller WHR, WSR, and WBR influence the perception of female attractiveness in a naturalistic condition, even among plus-size models.

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What Makes Jessica Rabbit Sexy? Contrasting Roles of Waist and Hip Size

Cited by 28 publications

References 75 publications

Attractiveness of the female body: Preference for the average or the supernormal?

Attractiveness of the female body: Preference for the average or the supernormal?

Family Matters: Rethinking the Psychology of Human Social Motivation

Lower Waist-to-Hip, Waist-to-Stature, and Waist-to-Bust Ratios Predict Higher Rankings of Plus-size Models in a Naturalistic Condition

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