Cross-Cultural Preferences for Women’s Waist to Hip Ratio and Men’s Shoulder to Hip Ratio: Data From Iran, Norway, Poland, and Russia

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-01-22 DOI:10.1007/s40750-024-00232-7

Farid Pazhoohi, Reza Afhami, Razieh Chegeni, Dmitrii Dubrov, Katarzyna Gałasińska, Ray Garza, Nasim Ghahraman Moharrampour, Dmitry Grigoryev, Marta Kowal, Ståle Pallesen, Gerit Pfuhl

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Abstract

Objectives

Body size and shape are sexually dimorphic in humans, with men being characterized with larger upper bodies, while women typically having broader pelvises. Such sexually dimorphic traits, quantified as shoulder to hip ratio (SHR) in men and waist to hip ratio (WHR) in women, serve as cues of an individual’s genetic fitness, reproductive potential, health, and resource holding power, and, thereby, functioning as attractiveness cues to the opposite sex.

Methods

In the current study, we investigated men’s and women’s preference for the opposite sex body shape (WHR in women and SHR in men) in samples from Iran, Norway, Poland, and Russia. Women rated their preference for men’s SHR (1.20 to 1.50) and men rated their preference for women’s WHR (0.55 − 0.85).

Results and Conclusion

Our results showed that Iranian and Norwegian men preferred less feminine WHRs in women compared to Polish and Russian men. Moreover, Iranian women preferred less masculine SHRs in men than women from other countries. Altogether, the current research showed that there are variations in men’s preferences for women’s WHR and women’s preferences for men’s SHR among these countries.

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女性腰臀比和男性肩臀比的跨文化偏好：来自伊朗、挪威、波兰和俄罗斯的数据

目的人类的体型和体形具有性别二形性，男性上半身较大，而女性骨盆通常较宽。这种性别二形特征在男性中量化为肩臀比（SHR），在女性中量化为腰臀比（WHR），可作为个体遗传适应性、生殖潜力、健康和资源占有能力的线索，从而作为异性吸引力的线索。方法在本研究中，我们调查了伊朗、挪威、波兰和俄罗斯样本中男性和女性对异性体型（女性为 WHR，男性为 SHR）的偏好。结果和结论我们的研究结果表明，与波兰和俄罗斯的男性相比，伊朗和挪威的男性更喜欢女性体型较小的男性。此外，与其他国家的女性相比，伊朗女性更喜欢男性较少阳刚之气的 SHR。总之，目前的研究表明，这些国家的男性对女性 WHR 和女性对男性 SHR 的偏好存在差异。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

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31.40

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1.10%

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312

审稿时长

2 months

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