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Study: Curvy Hips Lure Men to Smart Women
LONDON, Nov.
11 (UPI) -- Women with small waists and big hips also have big IQs, a new
U.S. study has found.
A study of 16,000
women determined those with hourglass figures were more intelligent than
their counterparts with round or straight bodies, The Sunday Times of London
reported.
Curvier women
also tended to have more intelligent children, possibly because omega3
fatty acids are stored in their hips, the British newspaper said. Skinny
women, or those whose fat deposits are around their waists do not have
such deposits.
The study, to
be published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior this week, may
explain earlier findings that men prefer women with smaller waists than
hips even if they are compared to slimmer women, said the study's authors
at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of California, Santa
Barbara.
It may also
help break down the stereotype that attractive women are not intelligent,
sexual and relationship psychologist Paula Hall told the newspaper.
