Men's Preference for Long-Legged Women a Myth

The Aviator
By The Aviator

It's just a myth that men lust after long-legged women, according to new research.

While most women would do anything to have a supermodel physique, those of more average proportions can take heart: Men, apparently, don't hanker after girls with legs that go on forever.

Or at least new research suggests that men's love affair with lengthy ladies is just a myth and that they actually prefer women on the shorter side.

To pin down the most attractive legs, UK researchers asked more than 1,000 men and women to rate a series of images of female bodies.

In each case the females' legs were lengthened or shortened to alter their leg-to-body ratio but their overall height stayed the same.

While most women surveyed thought men lusted after longer legs, the University of Westminster research found men preferred women of average height -- where their legs accounted for half of their overall height.

Tall women were seen by men as abnormal while extremely short women were surprisingly seen as unhealthy.

Men also said women with short bodies and very long legs were unattractive because they believed they might have trouble carrying a baby.

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By anonymous• 15 Jan 2011 11:31
anonymous

Lol Brit...

By britexpat• 15 Jan 2011 11:03
britexpat

I agree.. the Cheek of some people :O)

By anonymous• 15 Jan 2011 11:02
anonymous

Its nauseating that we are discussing a woman's body parts here... as if in some kind of a meat shop ;)

By britexpat• 15 Jan 2011 10:44
britexpat

Why is it that when it comes to legs, the Bottom is at the Top ?

By anadoms• 15 Jan 2011 10:34
anadoms

yehey! iam 5'9 tall, long legged that means......

still beauty is in the eye of beholder!

By one_shot• 15 Jan 2011 08:48
one_shot

lolzz ;) yes me too

i can't judge on something i didn't see :P

By rdsouza• 15 Jan 2011 08:45
rdsouza

Is there such a thing called long legged woman ? I have never seen any in Qatar ....:-)

By Mr M.• 15 Jan 2011 08:08
Rating: 2/5
Mr M.

Interesting bit of news,it's all in the eyes of the beholder though,what he/she sees attractive will suit them best.

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