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The relative contribution of profile body shape and weight to judgements of women's physical attractiveness in Britain and Malaysia

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Martin Tovee

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Abstract

Ninety-six Malaysian and British men rated for physical attractiveness a set of photographs of real women in profile, with known body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR). Results showed that BMI accounted for the greater amount of variance in all settings. There were also significant differences in preferences for body weight, with low resource, low socioeconomic status (SES) raters preferring a significantly heavier partner than high resource, high SES raters. The disparity with previous findings using line drawings of women in profile was discussed in terms of the weaknesses of line-drawn stimuli. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Author(s): Swami V, Tovee MJ

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Body Image

Year: 2007

Volume: 4

Issue: 4

Pages: 391-396

Print publication date: 01/12/2007

ISSN (print): 1740-1445

ISSN (electronic): 1873-6807

Publisher: Elsevier BV

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2007.07.002

DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2007.07.002

PubMed id: 18089286

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