Atkinson thinks men find these features attractive because they serve as markers of a healthy childhood. Biologists know that stress and poor nutrition during foetal development and puberty can affect sex hormone levels and cause earlier puberty.
阿特金森認為,男性之所以覺得具有這些特征的女性更美,是因為它們代表對方有一個健康的童年。此前生物學家指出,胎兒階段以及青少年階段壓力過大、營養(yǎng)不良會影響性激素水平,導致過早發(fā)育。
This can leave such women relatively short and stout, while those with a more benign childhood continue growing for longer, and attain a slenderer, more stereotypically feminine face and body, which most men find more attractive.
因此在不良環(huán)境成長起來的女性相對矮小、健壯,而擁有一個幸福童年的女性則長得更高,身材更苗條,面部特征以及身材比例更女性化,從而在男性眼中更有吸引力。