Women Walk in High Heels: Lumbar Curvature, Dynamic Motion Stimuli and Attractiveness.

ABSTRACT: Previous studies have demonstrated that the angle of women's lumbar curvature affects men's attractiveness judgments of them. The theoretically optimal angle of lumbar curvature provides better resistance against both hyperlordosis and hypolordosis as biomechanical costs of a bipedal fetal load that could impair a woman's fertility. Since men find this attribute attractive, women aim to emphasize it by wearing high-heeled shoes. The primary objective of the present study was to test this evolutionary hypothesis using short videos presenting women walking by the camera. In line with previous findings based on static stimuli (photographs), dynamic stimuli (videos) presenting women walking in high-heeled shoes were expected to elicit increased attractiveness ratings as compared to women weari

SUBMITTER: Mesko N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7795698 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature