As a 63-YO hetero male, married almost 43 years, I have a viewpoint. First, so much of female commentary on male instincts is based on their self-doubts about attractiveness. There are too many hangups about perfection, which doesn't exist in men, either!
Men's visual instincts on sex are so basic that research has noted the prime physical aspect starting involuntariuly before the guy is even aware that he is looking at a woman. Up to a point, it is a simple matter of thousands of generations of genetic programing. We, men, are engineered to be automatically attracted to what you, women, are genetically engineered to have and be attractive.
The main points of male interest are fat deposits on chest, thighs, rear, etc. Research shows that when women's body fat goes under 19% by weight, the menses and reproduction shut down. This is seen in many runners and atheletes, and in anorexics. In other words, this system developed to keep men directed towards good rough indicators of fertility.
The problem of age mismatch is also base on instinctual fertility signs.
But for thousands of generations, up to the 1920s, the big surplus was older men, as so very many women died in childbirth complications. Today, women outlive men on the average, in a giant contrast.
Too many women worry too much! That extra pound of fat around the upper thighs or rear very much enhances the shape men were made to love. That's my opinion.
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As a 63-YO hetero male, married almost 43 years, I have a viewpoint. First, so much of female commentary on male instincts is based on their self-doubts about attractiveness. There are too many hangups about perfection, which doesn't exist in men, either!
Men's visual instincts on sex are so basic that research has noted the prime physical aspect starting involuntariuly before the guy is even aware that he is looking at a woman. Up to a point, it is a simple matter of thousands of generations of genetic programing. We, men, are engineered to be automatically attracted to what you, women, are genetically engineered to have and be attractive.
The main points of male interest are fat deposits on chest, thighs, rear, etc. Research shows that when women's body fat goes under 19% by weight, the menses and reproduction shut down. This is seen in many runners and atheletes, and in anorexics. In other words, this system developed to keep men directed towards good rough indicators of fertility.
The problem of age mismatch is also base on instinctual fertility signs.
But for thousands of generations, up to the 1920s, the big surplus was older men, as so very many women died in childbirth complications. Today, women outlive men on the average, in a giant contrast.
Too many women worry too much! That extra pound of fat around the upper thighs or rear very much enhances the shape men were made to love. That's my opinion.
March 30, 2011 - 7:51pmThis Comment
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