Curvy Women Smarter?
Not everyone agrees with the conclusions found by a recent US study discussed on BCC News Health but for those of us who are curve endowed, it gives some hope . . . 🙂
Curvy women may be a clever bet
Women with curvy figures are likely to be brighter than waif-like counterparts and may well produce more intelligent offspring, a US study suggests.
Researchers studied 16,000 women and girls and found the more voluptuous performed better on cognitive tests – as did their children.
The bigger the difference between a woman’s waist and hips the better.
Researchers writing in Evolution and Human Behaviour speculated this was to do with fatty acids found on the hips.
In this area, the fat is likely to be the much touted Omega-3, which could improve the woman’s own mental abilities as well as those of her child during pregnancy.
Men respond to the double enticement of both an intelligent partner and an intelligent child, the researchers at the Universities of Pittsburgh and California said.
The findings appear to be borne out in the educational attainments of at least one of the UK’s most famous curvaceous women, Nigella Lawson, who graduated from Oxford.
But experts are not convinced by the findings.
“On the fatty deposits being related to intelligence front, it’s very hard to detangle that from other factors, such as social class, for instance, or diet,” said Martin Tovee of Newcastle University.
“And much as we logically like the idea that men are interested in the waist to hip ratio, it actually features relatively low down the list of feature males look for in a potential partner.”
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It makes sense that fat people are smarter because they have to compensate for their lack of mingling with the opposite sex or their lack of the natural drive to win the affection of men by hitting the books.
Or for those who are naturally curve endowed as you put it,it’s an evolutionary advantage much like how unattractive men tend to compensate for their looks by being funny.
Well, I don’t know about the truthfullness of this but we both fit the profile and had brilliant kids, right? LOL!
i must be a genius
Sylar – like in Heroes, Sylar? Hmm. I hadn’t thought of that aspect, trying harder. I think the scientists thought it had to do with fat storage of omega 3 fatty acids, like the good fish oils, etc.
Momcat – We do! Indeed!
Mrm – Just wait until you meet your children! 🙂
I remember once hearing a podcast about a similar issue. I wrote it about it here:
http://alflaila-new.blogspot.com/2009/03/this-ones-for-them-curvy-gals.html
The waist to hip ratio you wanna have 60-80% 😀
But you know what, the girls put on display for us in the media and marketed as the epitome of beauty and attractiveness are definitely not curvy. A lot use surgery for curves and that supports the notion of curves being more attractive but the curves that are added in surgery usually don’t expand your hip size.
You are way ahead of me – I didn’t see the article back in March. And what a total hoot – I hadn’t thought of that – adding curves on top does not equal smarter offspring. I wonder if some guys get a big surprise, LOL!
Then the belly dancer is the smartest of all with all those curves
LOL, Daggero, that would follow logically, wouldn’t it? LLLOOOLLLLL