Height and shoulder-hip ratio affect how attractive men are to women – Study

Height and shoulder-hip ratio affect how attractive men are to women – Study

If you are curious about what makes men physically attractive to women, then this study lays out some new evidence.

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Many people have heard from their friends at some point that a man’s height and how broad their shoulders are makes them attractive.

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A study published last year in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior shed some light on what characteristics influence male attractiveness and perceived masculinity.

Well, the study with over 600 straight female participants found that women considered tall men with large shoulder-hip ratios to be more masculine and attractive.

Unfortunately, for shorter men, having a large shoulder-hip ratio did not improve how attractive they were perceived as being.

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This study does not take into account all the other factors that make people attractive such as character and personality.

Read the full article HERE

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