The Core
Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: rcjordan on April 30, 2018, 06:59:33 PM
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Men With Stronger Grip More Likely To Be Married
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/226429/20180429/men-with-stronger-grip-more-likely-to-be-married-study.htm
HHH.OK, sorry, that was a sexist chuckle
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Jokes aside, most of this stuff seems to be hardwired into people as far as attraction goes -- it has to do with fitness for reproduction and the perceived ability to take care of children. This is why strength in males and hip-to-waist ratios in females are associated with attraction. It is evolution at work.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/12/12/women-rate-the-strongest-men-as-the-most-attractive-study-finds/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4050298/
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“It’s nice to see evolutionary psychology treating everybody like pieces of meat,” she said, “not just women.”
I had a particularly non-reflective female roommate who one day was getting all upset that "men just want women with small butts and big breasts."
I said, "Anne, just two days ago you told me that any man you dated had to be tall and have beautiful eyes."
"Well, that's totally different!"
"How so?"
"Okay, I guess it isn't."
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As for the original article, though, I wonder if there's an exception for high-level rock climbers who, traditionally are marginally employed people living in vans with off the charts grip strength (measured as strength to weight, of course).
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>"Okay, I guess it isn't."
I've had very similar conversations.