Tabloid newspapers take a prurient interest in women who flaunt their curves. The role of the media, and other cultural forces, in constructing notions of female beauty is often discussed. But “Curvology”, a new book by David Bainbridge, focuses on the part played by evolution in men’s—and women’s—understanding and appreciation of the undulations of the female form. Men’s and women’s bodies differ more than is necessary simply to gestate, bear and nourish children.
Why?
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http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Curvology-Origins-Power-Female-Shape
