Log In | Register
On an attractiveness scale of 1 to 10, with 10 better, the blind men roughly averaged giving the slimmer-waisted dummy a 7, as opposed to a 6 for the wider-waisted mannequin. Combined scores for sighted men, blindfolded or not, averaged giving the slimmer dummy an 8 and the wider one a 6.5. "This finding calls into question the importance of visual input for the development of men's low waist-to-hip preference, although it does not refute it," suggesting that visual cues only augment an underlying preference for slenderness, says the study. "The result does, however, cast doubt on the hypothesis that waist-to-hip preferences are primarily the product of exposure to visual media."
Sighted, blind men both wowed by women's tiny waists
Seeded on Tue Apr 6, 2010 7:50 PM EDT
Article Source: USA Today- Enjoy this article? Help vote it up the 'Vine.
- Public Discussion (8)
It's not what you think (it's weirder.) "In the van there were two female mannequin dolls with adjustable waist and hip circumferences," says the study. "The mannequins wore identical tight-fitting dresses."
One mannequin was set to have a waist only 70% as wide as its hips, because past studies indicated men in the Western hemisphere find this ratio ideal. The other was set to have a waist 84% as wide as its hips, the high side of the average for actual women, according to a 1999 World Health Organization study in the Journal of Obesity.
"The blind participants were instructed to feel and touch the waists and hips of the two female mannequin dolls," says the new study. "The experimenter asked them to rate the attractiveness of the body." Then they repeated the effort with sighted men, both the blindfolded and non-blindfolded, recruited by parking the van at a shopping center and asking for volunteers. Honest.
- 1 vote
#1 - Tue Apr 6, 2010 7:52 PM EDTI think that the caption author was one of the blind test subjects. That belt is so orange, not red.
But it makes me wonder: if the ideal got a 7, what gets a 10?
- 1 vote
#2 - Tue Apr 6, 2010 8:22 PM EDTLOL. I didn't even notice the color. I was wondering what made them think that blind men hadn't heard the stuff about an hour glass figure being the ideal? Or if it occurred to them that a waist could be 70% of a larger hip size and still fit their definition of "tiny waist"?
Your question is right on: if the ideal gets a 7, then what gets a 10? That does seem strange.
- 1 vote
That belt is so orange, not red.
Yep, very orange.
what gets a 10?
My guess, squishier.
- 1 vote
More importantly, I would like to see a study on penis size between sighted and blind women !!! LOL
- 8 votes
ROTFLOL. Now, that's a study that would be fun -- and probably won't happen. Think of the egos that might be demolished. Or enhanced, depending....
- 3 votes
Personally, i find actual living women more attractive than mannequins-- but that's just me :-)
- 2 votes
#3 - Wed Apr 7, 2010 4:36 PM EDTLOL. Well, that's good to know. Guess you wouldn't have done very well in this study.
Do you think that's why their "perfect" ideal didn't get a 10? If so, maybe the conclusion of the study should have been "Both sighted and blind men can tell the difference between a real woman and a mannequin.'
- 4 votes
You're in Easy Mode. If you prefer, you can use XHTML Mode instead. |
As a new user, you may notice a few temporary content restrictions. Click here for more info.
