Stereotypes are a product of both the media and advertising. This can be seen in people who think a woman needs to have a muscular body, a small figure, or a nice face in order to be “attractive” to a guy.
However, a study conducted by the University of St. Andrews in Scotland confirms what previous research has shown, namely that males prefer curvy women.
David Perrett’s research, which was published in the journal Ethology, demonstrates that males who are under a lot of stress find obese women more alluring.
In the trial, stress levels rose among 18 to 26-year-old practitioners who loved the faces of females who gained a few kilograms because they believed “they were likely to survive in difficult times,” like a famine or war, after viewing different photographs of women.
It seems that when life gets tough, women who look fatter become more attractive.
According to an article published in Village Voice magazine in 2011, a man claimed to be a fan of gorditas. “Oversized women aren’t any easier to recognize than other women, and the men who date them have no self-esteem,” says Dan Weiss.
In his book Dating Deeper: How to Quit the Seduction Game and Discover the Power of Intimacy, psychologist Ken Page notes that attractiveness has more to do with psychological traits than physical attributes:
We are a target of false information. You are mistaken if you believe that having a certain body type or weight will make you unattractive to others.
