Hotter women might be smarter
I saw this on TV this morning. Some evolutionary scientists are saying that women with bigger hips and smaller waists are smarter and have smarter babies.
I didn't make any new measurements to check this today, but based on the last time I did measure myself, my waist-over-hips is about .70. That number is pretty high, I guess, which equates to less smart. Like I really need another reason to be down on my 11-year-old boy body.
So I guess this is another reason men prefer curvier women. What do you think, folks?
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So thanks to a kind co-worker with a tape measure, I discover that my ratio is actually .72. The bad news just keeps getting worse! But if I can lose two inches off my waist, then I can get down to .66, which will make me as smart as Jennifer Lopez. If I can get down to 22 inches, I'll be as smart as Marilyn Monroe.
Posted on November 13, 2007 10:01 AM
So, how long before we see tape measures next to the breath mints and condom machines at clubs?
Posted on November 13, 2007 10:30 AM
You can try that wrap thingy massage places have and see if that works. I don't think people should get up in arms about this. After all, how many people will admit that the person that they married wasn't their first choice?
Posted on November 13, 2007 12:02 PM
I don't know if I buy the proportions-to-smarts ratio theory, but I've read plenty of that stuff about how men are naturally more attracted to women who have hourglass figures.
Looking at pictures of Marilyn Monroe, I can kind of buy that. But I also know guys who think Kiera Knightly is pretty hot - and she's definitely not a member of the hourglass crowd.
Still, I can get on board with the more evolutionary, anthropoligical argument - that guys are more attracted to women with hips because of some subconscious compulsion to procreate.
Posted on November 13, 2007 5:55 PM
I don't have any problem at all with the more fertile=more attractive part of this. But it's another big step for me to extend that to more fertile = more intelligent. My guess would have been those work in opposite directions. But that's why I'm not an evolutionary biologist.
Posted on November 14, 2007 9:51 AM
There's a good reason why they're called child-bearin' hips.
Posted on November 14, 2007 10:54 AM