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Study says men like curves — but for casual relationships

It turns out men do prefer curves, UT researchers found — but usually for casual relationships.

Researchers discovered men determine whether a woman is a potential short-term physical partner or a long-term mate simply by examining her features, according to a study released Monday in the Evolution and Human Behavior science journal.

A UT research team interviewed 375 men and women and concluded that men categorize women with attractive, curvy bodies as short-term partners, whereas a woman with a pretty face would more likely be considered for a long-term relationship.

Psychology graduate student Carin Perilloux, a member of the research team, said while men favored an attractive face specifically in long-term relationships, women preferred attractive faces in both cases.

Women made judgements based on the face 69 percent of the time for both short- and long-term relationships in the study, but men based their choice on the face 75 percent of the time only for long-term mates, Perilloux said.

Perilloux said that some indication as to why a woman’s body is more appealing to men for physical relations has to do with her body’s indication of fertility.

Read the full story at the Daily Texan.

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