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Think of your current sexual partner

August 10th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Are they too fat for your tastes… too skinny??

Take to poll over on the right sidebar. For those you you that have ever thought about this, the result is pretty intuitive, but lets collect the data and see what it looks like.

The Question:

Think of your current sexual partner (or most recent if you have no “current”). How much difference exists between their weight and the weight of your ideal partner?

Please take to gender appropriate poll….
Go Vote!

PS: Yes, Kate.. I voted in the “Just Right” category…

Tags: biology · mate choice

4 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Anne-Marie // Aug 11, 2007 at 8:53 am

    It would be interesting if you could get couples to participate, to see the difference in how far someone thinks they are from their own ideal compared to how far they are from their partner’s ideal.

  • 2 Natural Athlete // Aug 13, 2007 at 2:00 pm

    The question is bizarre to me. How can one have posit a specific weight for your ideal partner. Would you want a girl who was 5^10 to be the same weight as one who was 5^2. What about build would want a girl with broad shoulders and hips to weight the same as girl with a more gracile structure? I might say that ideal female body in mind would be medium height to somewhat tall, and between mesomorphic to ectomorphic. Within a certain range though women of larger variety of dimensions can be equally attractive given that the are well perportioned, symetrical, and healthy.

  • 3 Anonymous // Aug 16, 2007 at 2:19 pm

    Will, Honey I voted…and you are purfect to me! It is very sweet that after 5 kids you still think I’m just right.

  • 4 Anonymous // Aug 27, 2007 at 5:41 am

    I wanted to vote but wasn’t sure how to vote in the poll for women but make clear that I’m talking about my girlfriend.

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