Big beautiful women: The body size preferences of male fat admirers

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-96

  Swami, Viren ^a   Tovée, Martin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; BEAUTY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549095994     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490802645302     Document Type: Article

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