Whether men want thinner or fatter women seems to correspond not to the availability of Maxim, Hustler, and the Victoria’s Secret catalog but to the availability of food in a society. Population ecologist Judith L. Anderson and others have done research on this, finding that where grub is scarce, like in parts of Africa, men go for the meatier ladies. In our culture, where there’s a 7-Eleven, a Starbucks, and a supermarket the size of Rhode Island every few miles, men tend to prefer slimmer women (arm candy, as opposed to the whole candy store). Obviously, character counts in a relationship,
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