Body weight, waist-to-hip ratio, breasts, and hips: Role in judgments of female attractiveness and desirability for relationships

Ethology and Sociobiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 483-507

  Singh, Devendra ^a   Young, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Breasts; Casual romantic relationship; Female attractiveness; Female body size; Health; Hips; Long term relationship; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247792719     PISSN: 01623095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0162-3095(95)00074-7     Document Type: Article

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