Best Female Figure Not an Hourglass (from Yahoo!)
An imperfect body might be just what the doctor ordered for women and key to their economic success, an anthropologist now says.
While pop culture seems to worship the hourglass figure for females, with a tiny waist, big boobs and curvy hips à la Marilyn Monroe, this may not be optimal, says Elizabeth Cashdan of the University of Utah.
That's because the hormones that make women physically stronger, more competitive and better able to deal with stress also tend to redistribute fat from the hips to the waist.
So in societies and situations where women are under pressure to procure resources and otherwise bring home the bacon, they may be less likely to have the classic hourglass figure, Cashdan hypothesizes in the December issue of the journal Current Anthropology.
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How can a statement of what the "best" female figure be made? Isn't this up to preference or individual interpretation? As we see in sports, all kinds of body types can be athletic or can compete.
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Such a lot of nonsense, isn't it! :D
Sounds like a slow news day to me.
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