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How important is looking good? - Answer People claim that sensitivity, warmth and
intelligence are more important, these traits are not discovered until the minimum
standards for physical attractiveness is met.
What does research show about the physical attractiveness of an individual? - Answer
Shows that physical attractiveness is a major determinant of interpersonal and sexual
attraction - a key factor in considering partners
What is considered attractive in the African tribe? What do women do to achieve
standard? - Answer Long necks and round, disk-like lips are signs of feminine beauty.
Women stretch their necks and lips to make them more appealing.
Women from the Nama tribe persistently tug at their labia majora to make them
prominent and elongated
What is considered attractive in today's standard in relation it height? - Answer Women
prefer taller men and men prefer shorted women.
Tall women are not viewed positively and shorter women are perceived as a liability
Definition of anorexia nervosa - Answer A potentially life-threatening disorder
characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight, intense fear of being
overweight, distorted body image and amenorrhea
What is considered attractive in today's standard in relation it weight? - Answer
Although female plumpness is valued in many preliterate societies, thinner size is more
valued and slenderness is found to be more attractive for both genders.
Both genders consider obesity to be unattractive though there are gender differences in
impression of the most pleasing body shape.
What is do university students think about their present physique? - Answer University
men think of their present physical as close to ideal and appealing to women.
Women think they are heavier than the figure most alluring to men and heavier than the
figure they perceive as desirable
What are the factors considered when evaluating a woman's attractiveness? - Answer
Body weight, waist size and hip size
What are the thoughts regarding the hourglass figure? Moderate figures? Larger
, figures? - Answer Female students rated women of average weight with a waist-to-hip
ratio of 0.7 as most attractive.
For heavier figures, the one with larger hips received the lowest attractiveness rating.
With larger figures, a more tubular body shape was considered more attractive
What body shape do lesbians and bisexuals prefer? Heterosexual men and women? -
Answer Waist-to-hip ratio of 0.7 were rated as the most attractive. For heterosexuals:
heavy women with a 0.7 waist-to-hip ratio and large breasts.
Second choice was the same waist-to-hip ratio with small breasts
What has the belief that men prefer large breast done to women? - Answer To meet the
ideal standards of men, women seek breast implants
Do men idealize the Penthouse centrefold? What busts do men prefer? Conclusion -
Answer Men preferred women with larger breasts, but not as large as the ones women
believed men prefer.
Men believed that their male peers preferred women with much bustier figures than
their peers themselves said they preferred.
Ample breasts and chests may be preferred by the other gender, but people seem to
have an exaggerated idea of the sizes that the other gender actually prefers
What was the result when men and women rated themselves? - Answer People who are
attractive know it.
Women's judgments were closer to how men perceived them, suggesting that they were
reflecting men's opinions of them more so than women's
What factors other than physical appearance contribute to attractiveness? - Answer
Gender-role expectations may affect perceptions of attractiveness.
Women are more likely to prefer socially dominant men than men are to be attractive to
socially dominant women.
Women prefer outgoing and self-expressive than passive men.
Highly feminine women prefer dominant "macho" men than those less feminine.
Men did not prefer outgoing and self-expressive women.
Men are more likely to jealous of socially dominant men whereas women are more likely
to be jealous of physically attractive women
What do you look for in a long-term, meaningful relationship? - Answer Both men and
women rated characteristics such as warmth, fidelity, honesty, and sensitivity as more
important than physical attractiveness.
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