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Study Finds the Perfect Ratio of Attractiveness

Posted by samzenpus on from the hey-there-big-arms dept.

Gksksla writes "Scientists in Australia and Hong Kong have conducted a comprehensive study to discover how different body measurements correspond with ratings of female attractiveness. The study, published in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology, found that across cultural divides young, tall and long armed women were considered the most attractive."

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  1. Golden Ratio by C_Kode · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Wasn't this already figured out by Ancient Greek mathematicians? :)

  2. Forgot one by RealErmine · · Score: 4, Funny

    Young, tall, long armed and with huge... tracts of land.

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  3. Pssshhh... by mister_playboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Long arms? Give me a hourglass shaped babe with plenty of T&A, thanks. :)

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    1. Re:Pssshhh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Any gal you marry will end up with plenty of A, no matter how much she starts with.

  4. Long arms? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    How long have these arms to be?
    Long enough to hand me a beer over from the fridge?

  5. SCIENCE! by Triv · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why do I get the feeling this study was conceived purely as a way to get a bunch of nerds into a room with some hot chicks and to cover their leering as "scientific curiosity."

  6. HEY! by Shikaku · · Score: 4, Funny

    Listen!

  7. That makes sense... by XxtraLarGe · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think tall, short-armed women or short, long-armed women would look kind of odd.

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  8. Dave.cpp by CODiNE · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually Dave has already figured out the optimal formula for calculating and ranking a woman's beauty.

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  9. I appreciate large derrieres... by Drakkenmensch · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and it is impossible to be untruthful.

    1. Re:I appreciate large derrieres... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      None of us can refute that

    2. Re:I appreciate large derrieres... by Abstrackt · · Score: 3, Funny

      When a young woman enters with a small waist and supple buttocks

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    3. Re:I appreciate large derrieres... by RightSaidFred99 · · Score: 3, Funny

      And proceeds to expose her hip and buttocks region in close proximity to your face, One's penis might become turgid, lending a certain urge to extract it.

  10. Not surprising by Translation+Error · · Score: 4, Funny

    After all, who's going to tell armed women that they're unattractive.

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  11. Re:bad survey. by insertwackynamehere · · Score: 3, Funny

    What the statue of liberty should have said

  12. Distrubing by TiggertheMad · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've always had a thing for girls that are 5'4 or below. I think it's because the short ones are usually zesty packets of spunk

    if...
    girls that are 5'4 or below == short ones
    and
    short ones == zesty packets of spunk
    That would mean that you just said:

    I've always had a thing for zesty packets of spunk.

    on Slashdot. /shudder

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