Women's preferences for the male physique

[Marcus Marulus]

Much of it is culture-specific or area-specific, the same as in case of male preferences for female physique.

[Pirate]

I was more refering to modern trends, it's a new thing and not part of any culture.

[Strengthandhonour]

It's hard to tell what women want.
Like M.R. said, some women prefer men who look quite a bit weird. Some very feminine. But then I also know women that like "manly" men. hairy chest, manly features, etc.

[Ostrogorski]

Haha, if I remember correctly Erica Jong, as a feminist, once said (with sadness in her voice) that "ladies adore fascists"!

If you're not good in bed it means you're not a true fascist!!!

[Menydh]

Originally Posted by M.R.

I was more refering to modern trends, it's a new thing and not part of any culture.

You are right. It has been induced through publicity using androgynous models.

This has been done both for men and women. The introduction of androgynous males (males with feminine traits, and also a submissive character) came earlier that the introduction of androgynous women (females with masculine physical traits, and also a dominant character). So the image of the near effeminated man is more settled.

Some will damn me for saying this, but I believe that the German model Claudia Schiffer is an example of approach introduction to a soft type of androgynism.

[Susi]

I think the best thing is an intermediate leaning towards masculine ^^

[Ariets]

Originally Posted by Agrippa

From:
Dienekes\' Anthropology Blog
2003-1,2 autor str-str
Some ideas:
Moderate (sinewy) Leptosomics are taller too on average, tall and lean body is a sign superficial signal for activity, success and elite status, especially if the posture is good.
The association seems to be natural and based on certain personality traits which occur more often in the leptomorphic constitutional variants. In societies in which this personality traits are successful, which is almost everywhere with the exception of slow living, acting and thinking social-emotional oriented societies, so the association is clear.
Together with the physical advantages and height it explains the preference. The exception are, beside such "slow traditional", often starving societies, societies in which direct physical strength is of greater importance too - there (very) mesomorphic might be more preferred, which is in the West especially true for the lowest classes - where personality traits are not as important as physical dominance for low social-intelligence women.

Various threads important for that issue, especially the first two:
The Althing
The Althing
The Althing
The Althing
The Althing
The Althing

Interesing. I readed other work of Jerzy Strza³ko (and even posted his face for classification at hbf), what he made with Andrzej Malinowski, Janusz Piontek and Renata Czub "Antropologia" (scholar book for students of medicine, anthropology and such stuff, very interesing). I've acces to his books since he write and live in my voivodeship (as Malinowski in southern part of Lebusland), so maybe I'll get full work, then I can summarize more what is in that.

Btw. People of my viovodeship and of Lower Silesian voivodeship are most prominent anthropology strongholds these days in Poland, beside of that (actractivness), they study also such stuff as ecology of human being and ontogenetic study of whole population (I posted at hbf some results (weight, height, bmi and such other stuff, and categorized also by social status etc) of their book "Dziecko lubuskie" from 2007 as far as I remember) and more...

[Savorgnan]

Originally Posted by Ariets

(I posted at hbf some results (weight, height, bmi and such other stuff, and categorized also by social status etc) of their book "Dziecko lubuskie" from 2007 as far as I remember) and more...

Btw, now you have a HBF-style avatar. What did you do with you hair?

[Ariets]

Originally Posted by Savorgnan

Btw, now you have a HBF-style avatar. What did you do with you hair?

Shaved if you had not noticed , maybe soon I'll post pictures of time when I was shave my head and make silly haircuts

[Savorgnan]

Originally Posted by Ariets

Shaved if you had not noticed , maybe soon I'll post pictures of time when I was shave my head and make silly haircuts

Shaved? I taught you hair were on holidays. Your skull shape is OK, though. And it looks more meso or sub-dolichocephal than in picture with your hair on. But I don't understand why someone with no hair loss like you shave his head in the first place.

[Ariets]

Originally Posted by Savorgnan

Shaved? I taught you hair were on holidays. Your skull shape is OK, though. And it looks more meso or sub-dolichocephal than in picture with your hair on. But I don't understand why someone with no hair loss like you shave his head in the first place.

My cranium is like titanium lol, from top look my head is clearly mesocranial with slighty sub-doliocranial look (And Im S-D). As for last opinion I dont know how to understand that (sry, my enrish bad)

[bioblitzkrieg]

Something else to consider is that thus far weve mainly talked about the Europid race in terms of how women find men attractive, but over here in the United States I have the opportunity to work in a school with a completely racially mixed environment "50% hispanic, 25% white 25% black, and these are some differences in sexual selection/preference that ive noticed between the groups in the popular sense.


Caucasian women in regard to men:


Mass media tastes dictate a self pittying, mysterious, tortured, but talented androgenous type with pale skin but dark hair, light eyes, comes off like a pathetic animus in some erotic nightmere.

Black women in regard to men:

Heavy side

Mass media dictates an alpha male with brutal power and materials with many subordinates (archetypal gang-star), heavy musculature, leader of the pack, with indications of the capacity to act out intense aggression and strong deindividualized sexual habits "bearing many children with many different women objects".


Lighter side

A high voiced male with gracilized/doliocephalic form swinging the body in a 'sensual' dance , using long high building tones that drop while explaining the longing for this one women's body or essence/being/love.


Hispanic women in regard to men:

Heavy side 'pred with younger women'

Mezito form, leader of the party or social gathering, some aggressive posturing but generally laid back , strong and boreal, contact with women occurs in groups of the sexes, rarely singular.


Lighter side "pred with adults"

Idealization of the mediteranean form, classic displays of almost shakespeare era courtship, sexuality and romance seem to coincide with developed story telling and introspection in the female and male characters, almost always in individual couplings.



Ofcourse these are only the collective images that are seen on media outlets, but these trends do resonate within the population strongly.