لقراءة الخبر باللغة العربية اضغطوا هنا On Nov. 11, 2014, Kim Kardashian West revealed her bare behind on the cover of Paper magazine, and for a moment, nothing else mattered and the world stood still. Even though the photo did not succeed in “breaking the Internet,” as the headline promised, it did stir up a tremendous amount of public attention.
Following this stunt, several studies were published concerning the world’s both societal and biological obsession with the female backside, suggesting that this passion was around way before reality TV.
In this context, evolutionary scientists stated that the male fascination with a large female backside is based on a male’s instinctual preference for females with “the perfect waist-hip ratio.” According to The Independent, the smaller the waist is in relation to the hip, the more desirable the woman. This desire has also biological origins, since research has proved that women with small waists and big hips have higher levels of fertility.
Along with being a sign of fertility, a separate study found curvy hips to be associated with intelligence, as suggested by a 2008 study that found that the greater the difference between the waist and hips, the higher the women and her offspring scored on tests.
In other words, women with big butts and tiny waists were deemed smarter and give birth to smarter children.
According to a report published by Fox News, researchers explained that this may be because the fat around the hips and thighs holds higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids, which are essential for the growth of the brain during pregnancy.
Another feature of women with big hips and tiny waists is that they are said to have longer lifespans than women without curves, since researchers believe this may be because waist fat is a key factor to diabetes and heart disease.