Abstract
Based on conceptual extrapolations from sociobiological models concerning the significance of secondary sex characteristics
as markers of a female’s capacity to produce and nurture offspring, we reasoned that men’s greater unwillingness to reproduce
would be linked to preference for a female body type characterized by the relative absence of such markers. Heterosexual undergraduate
men (N = 67) indicated their ideal (most arousing) female body type on-line by means of an adjustable female figure. As expected,
the desire to remain childfree was linked to erotic preference for a combination of smaller breasts and larger waist-to-hip
ratio. Additional research into individual factors that map onto variations in the preferred body proportions of erotic targets
is thus encouraged.
as markers of a female’s capacity to produce and nurture offspring, we reasoned that men’s greater unwillingness to reproduce
would be linked to preference for a female body type characterized by the relative absence of such markers. Heterosexual undergraduate
men (N = 67) indicated their ideal (most arousing) female body type on-line by means of an adjustable female figure. As expected,
the desire to remain childfree was linked to erotic preference for a combination of smaller breasts and larger waist-to-hip
ratio. Additional research into individual factors that map onto variations in the preferred body proportions of erotic targets
is thus encouraged.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Original Paper
- Pages 1-7
- DOI 10.1007/s10508-012-9964-0
- Authors
- Christopher T. Burris, Department of Psychology, St. Jerome’s University, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G3, Canada
- Armand R. Munteanu, Department of Psychology, St. Jerome’s University, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G3, Canada
- Journal Archives of Sexual Behavior
- Online ISSN 1573-2800
- Print ISSN 0004-0002