Comments on: Why long legs make you more attractive http://colinsbeautypages.co.uk/long-legs-make-you-more-attractive/ A cosmetic scientist shares his news and views on beauty products and the science behind them Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:22:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: boov http://colinsbeautypages.co.uk/long-legs-make-you-more-attractive/comment-page-1/#comment-572 boov Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:22:47 +0000 http://colinsbeautypages.co.uk/?p=18#comment-572 According to Dr. David Carrier biologist at the University of Utah, short legged men are better fighters in hand to hand combat. Carrier concludes that “with short legs, your center of mass is closer to the ground. It’s going to make you more stable so that you can’t be knocked off your feet as easily. And with short legs, you have greater leverage as you grapple with your opponent”. He claims humans were short-legged for a long time, since it advantaged men when they fought other men in hand to hand combat. When humans developed weapons, the advantage shifted. Running became essential to win weapon-based fights, so longer legged men were favored. Since long-legs are disadvantageous in hand to hand combat, they are seen as feminine while their converse is seen as masculine. Viren Swami et al. of the University of Liverpool found that longer leg-to-body ratio was considered attractive in women (leggy women) whereas a shorter leg-to-body ratio was considered attractive in men (gorilla legged men). Toy makers know proportionately long legs look more feminine. Just look at your local toy isle to see that this is relationship is built into our evolutionary psyche. Boy action figures have proportionately short legs. Girl dolls have proportionately long legs. According to Dr. David Carrier biologist at the University of Utah, short legged men are better fighters in hand to hand combat. Carrier concludes that “with short legs, your center of mass is closer to the ground. It’s going to make you more stable so that you can’t be knocked off your feet as easily. And with short legs, you have greater leverage as you grapple with your opponent”. He claims humans were short-legged for a long time, since it advantaged men when they fought other men in hand to hand combat. When humans developed weapons, the advantage shifted. Running became essential to win weapon-based fights, so longer legged men were favored.

Since long-legs are disadvantageous in hand to hand combat, they are seen as feminine while their converse is seen as masculine. Viren Swami et al. of the University of Liverpool found that longer leg-to-body ratio was considered attractive in women (leggy women) whereas a shorter leg-to-body ratio was considered attractive in men (gorilla legged men).

Toy makers know proportionately long legs look more feminine. Just look at your local toy isle to see that this is relationship is built into our evolutionary psyche. Boy action figures have proportionately short legs. Girl dolls have proportionately long legs.

]]> By: Longer legs, you can have them | Colin's Beauty Pages http://colinsbeautypages.co.uk/long-legs-make-you-more-attractive/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Longer legs, you can have them | Colin's Beauty Pages Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:16:36 +0000 http://colinsbeautypages.co.uk/?p=18#comment-166 [...] you are a man and want to become more attractive to women the best strategy is to become taller.  See my post on longer legs. Obviously this isn’t a straight forward thing to do, and I have previously suggested that [...] [...] you are a man and want to become more attractive to women the best strategy is to become taller.  See my post on longer legs. Obviously this isn’t a straight forward thing to do, and I have previously suggested that [...]

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