I heard on
NPR's "
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me" yesterday that hungry men tend to be attracted to more voluptuous women. Researchers think that it has to do with primitive instincts; in places where food is scarce, a man would want to find a woman with the best chance of survival.
This may explain why American men often prefer super skinny women - we're in the Land of Plenty. There are not too many truly starving men around.
But it's not too hard to distract an American guy away from food for a while... just to see what happens... ;)
(an analysis of the study from the BBC is
here)
Here is a scary thought.
ReplyDelete"in places where food is scarce, a man would want to find a woman with the best chance of survival..." so that he would have plenty of food when he has to eat his wife.