In Women's Body, What Attracts the Men

Everyone wants to have the most attractive mate, whether possible or not, but choses the best of what his circumstances allow. Recent researches on female body attractiveness reveal that torso, waist, bust and hip measurements count the most in female body attractiveness. But this omits three important points of my view, facial features, and skin attributes provided by a layer of fat on the body. 

Attractiveness and beauty are two distinct aspects of a person. Attractiveness is always subjective while beauty is an objective attribute. Attraction may be for reasons other than beauty, such as emotional attachment, intellectual impression, creativity, etc. A person emotionally attached to or intellectually impressed by another finds ways to remain attracted towards the other whether the person is considered beautiful or not by others.    


A person is, first of all, recognized by his/her face and this biases the viewer's opinion about the attractiveness. Once, while I was young, saw a girl sitting in a restaurant with her friends and she looked to me very beautiful without even knowing what made her face so beautiful. I sat on a table nearby to investigate what feature of the face made it beautiful. After some scrutiny, I reached the conclusion that projecting mounts just below the eyes and above the cheeks made her face beautiful. Incidentally, this feature is also a sign of good health of the person. Since then, I have verified this feature from many a beautiful faces. Other feature such as eyes, nose and lips also matter.

Soft, smooth and glowing skin of all shades from black to brown to red to white makes a female body universally attractive. Conversely, a male attracts by his rough and tough looking skin and body. These attributes of the skin come from a smooth uniform layer of flesh under the skin of the female body. This hides all sharp bony projections on the body. For this reason, flesh is a great reason for female sexual appeal.


Apart from these, following facts about female attractiveness are revealed by researches - 

• Tall light body with a narrow waist,
• Body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 to 24.9 is considered normal which is computed from body height and weight using the formula -  . Incidentally, this index is also used for measuring health and wellness of the body.
• Waist to hip ratio (WHR) of 0.7 is considered ideal for a female body however only 8 percent of the women are found to have bodies of this type. Here peripheral measurements of the lowest on the waist and highest on the hips is taken into consideration.  
• Breast-waist-hip measurements of 36"-29"-38" are considered ideal for a female body which is very rarely found. However, this indicates that projecting breasts and heavier hips clearly demarcated by a narrow waist are the key measurements of female beauty.
• Long arms with inclusion of long fingers are other signpost of female beauty.    

Body attractiveness is not only important for attracting a mate but also for success in evolutionary, social and economic fields of life. A good health is the greatest point of attractiveness which brings all other attractive features to the body.