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| Men's breast habits busted |
| 2009-09-06 |
| H/t Hot Air for the link to this ground-breaking research. ED-UP women who say that men talk to their boobs instead of looking at their face have been proved right. Boffins have found that just under half - 47 per cent - of men first look at a women's chest when they first meet. And another third of men look at a woman's waist or hips as their "first fixations". Shockingly fewer than 20 per cent of men look a woman in the eye when they look at them. It is thought evolution could be behind the findings as women with larger chests and slimmer waists - like stunner Kelly Brook - have higher levels of hormones and are more fertile. But researchers believe there is a simpler reason explaining: "Men may be looking more often at the breasts because they are simply aesthetically pleasing, regardless of the size." Subjects in the test were presented with six pictures of the same woman - all digitally enhanced to giver her a fuller or smaller bust. Scientists at New Zealand's University of Wellington recorded where the men looked first and how long they looked using cameras and mirrors to detect tiny eye movements. The study concluded: 'Eighty per cent of first fixations were on the breasts and midriff. Men spent consistently more time looking at the breasts and also made significantly more fixations upon them than other regions.' It also found that men began to gaze at the 'components of the hourglass figure' within 0.2 seconds. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #3 It also found that men began to gaze at the 'components of the hourglass figure' within 0.2 seconds. What took so long? Were the men in the study on sedatives or something? |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-09-06 22:51 |
| #2 eye-contact fellas! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-09-06 22:05 |
| #1 You want to regulate hormones? Fat chance. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-09-06 21:03 |