[jariel]

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Guys—size matters, but not in the way you think. Women are drawn to men with low body fat—not macho features, such as a manly jaw or six-pack abs, according to a surprising new study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Overall, the guys women rated as most attractive had about 12 percent body fat.

Intriguingly, the scientists also found that men’s antibodies, not hard bodies toned by long hours at the gym, are what turn fertile women on. From the evolutionary point of view, that makes sense, since a woman would choose a mate with optimal genes and a healthy immune system to father her kids.

But how can women tell at glance which men have these desirable traits? Here’s a closer look at the research.

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/dayinhea...re-sexiest

[jariel]

Here's an interesting comment to the cited article...

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Posted by Tricia Youngblood on vie, nov 30, 2012, 1:02 PM PST

I'm plus-sized, but I have a rocking love life thank you very much. I'm getting married next month to a man who loves me. I don't care about whether he has six pack abs or looks like a GQ model; I care more about the way he treats me. Don't stereotype fat people as being losers or ugly. I might be big, but I've been told that I should go into plus sized modeling and I do have a sexy side to me. I'm tired of these shallow idiots telling me that I don't deserve love because of my weight. Remember big guys and big gals deserve to be loved too. The need for love doesn't cease to exist because you aren't a size two.

[Timoteo]

Women don't know what they want. They know what they THINK they want, but when they get it they decide they don't want it, and look for something else.

I agree that big girls need love too. Just not from me. I love how Tricia Youngblood says, "I've been told I should go into plus-sized modeling." HA HA!

[jariel]

(12-01-2012 07:41 PM)Timoteo Wrote:  

I love how Tricia Youngblood says, "I've been told I should go into plus-sized modeling." HA HA!

[savilerow]

I've seen some stick boys with hot chicks, I guess this explains it.

[Only One Man]

It just seems like the whole "Brad Pitt from Fight Club body beats out the Vin Deisel Body" thing. From everything I've seen, the majority of girls prefer the toned, athletic, muscular but not too muscular male body over the jacked for days male body. Perhaps because the first one looks much more natural, like a man would look if he spent his days sprinting and climbing rocks to hunt prey.