Big and beautiful: Attractiveness and health ratings of the female body by male "fat admirers"

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-208

  Swami, Viren ^a   Furnham, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body weight; Fat admirer; Physical attractiveness; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEAUTY; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62149095652     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9200-5     Document Type: Article

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