I hadn’t realized this. Looking online, I see that people prefer larger leg-to-torso ratios in women than in men. But I’m having trouble finding references for the claim that women naturally have larger leg-to-torso ratios. I expect that you’re right, but would you be able to point me to some documentation that this ratio disparity is natural and universal?
People often don’t believe this and ask for peer-reviewed studies, etc.
I also did a lot of casting about Pubmed for any article actually specifically discussing whether there’s a difference in this dimension. But the result that there is no difference between sexes was so reliably reproduced (without comment, you have to look at the tables) anytime I found a study that collected that data (usually in the aim of answering a more interesting question) that I can only assume it is simply ambient knowledge for anyone doing anthropometry and thus not considered worth publishing, discussing or citing.
Which, interestingly, allows the mistake to propagate among people who don’t do anthropometry.
It fits. Women have long legs relative to their torso; men have short legs relative to their torso; so longer legs are more feminine.
I hadn’t realized this. Looking online, I see that people prefer larger leg-to-torso ratios in women than in men. But I’m having trouble finding references for the claim that women naturally have larger leg-to-torso ratios. I expect that you’re right, but would you be able to point me to some documentation that this ratio disparity is natural and universal?
There basically isn’t any difference.
People often don’t believe this and ask for peer-reviewed studies, etc.
I also did a lot of casting about Pubmed for any article actually specifically discussing whether there’s a difference in this dimension. But the result that there is no difference between sexes was so reliably reproduced (without comment, you have to look at the tables) anytime I found a study that collected that data (usually in the aim of answering a more interesting question) that I can only assume it is simply ambient knowledge for anyone doing anthropometry and thus not considered worth publishing, discussing or citing.
Which, interestingly, allows the mistake to propagate among people who don’t do anthropometry.
Thanks. By the way, your link sends me to a page saying that I need to join a group to view the content.