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Women, on average, tend to be more attracted to men who have a relatively narrow waist, a V-shaped torso, wide chest and broad shoulders. Women also tend to be more attracted to men who are taller and larger than they are, and display a high degree of facial symmetry, as well as relatively masculine facial dimorphism.
Studies have found that women rate faces of more symmetrical men as more attractive during high fertility, especially when evaluating them as short-term partners. [20] [39] It has also been demonstrated that women at high fertility are more attracted to the body odors of men with more facial and bodily symmetry.
Women, especially when not using hormonal contraceptives, are more attracted to the scent of men heterozygous for HLA. Androstenone, from stale male sweat, is unattractive. However, the same attraction and mate preferences are not held by men for heterozygous women. Men are, however, more attracted to the scent of women with rare HLA alleles. [40]
Some gynosexual people are attracted to feminine people of all genders, while others are attracted just to feminine people of one gender, says Justin Lehmiller, Ph.D., a member of the Men's Health ...
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This ties in with the idea that women discriminate between men on hypothesized fitness cues. The more physically attractive a man is, the higher his fitness, and the "better" his genes will be. Women are attracted to masculine traits greater in sexual dimorphism (e.g. strong jawline, a more muscular body, a taller height).
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Women also tend to be more attracted to men who are taller than they are, and display a high degree of facial symmetry, as well as relatively masculine facial dimorphism. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] Based on contemporary research and surveys, women, regardless of sexual orientation, are just as interested in a partner's physical attractiveness as men are.