ANT211H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Abdominal Cavity, Sexual Stimulation, Menstruation
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Females compete with each other in some area to attract mates competing to require resources for their offspring. He found this consistently in the miss america pagent winners: then he looked at playboy center polls, and found that there was a continuity of whr of about 0. 7. Ideal female figure cross culturally signals female reprod status, reprod capability & health status. Typical range female: . 67-. 80; men - . 80-. 95: suggested that this particular ratio of whr must represent an ideal female attraction to males. When females release their secondary sex hormone, they start to produce this gynoid fat, which tends to deposit in the of the buttocks, abdomen, and thighs. He found that it is related to energy reserves that are required for pregnancy and lactation in females: this is gynoid fat is very difficult to reduce (not metabolized easily). Stimulates fat deposits in abdominal region & inhibits fat deposition in thighs and buttocks: highly mobilized for energy.
