Role of Body Fat and Body Shape on Judgment of Female Health and Attractiveness: An Evolutionary Perspective
The main aim of this paper is to present an evolutionary perspective for why women’s attractiveness is assigned a great importance in practically all human societies. We present the data that the woman’s body shape, or hourglass figure as defined by the size of waist-to-hip-ratio (WHR), reliably con...
Main Authors: | Devendra Singh, Dorian Singh |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Rijeka
2006-12-01
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Series: | Psychological Topics |
Online Access: | http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/14208 |
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