A review undertaken by Oxford University suggested that gluteofemoral fat stores conferred more health benefits than visceral fat, and research similarly examined waist-to-hip ratio not "big butts". Studies have not determined that women with big butts are generally smarter and healthier than women who don't have big butts. On 30 October , the web site Elite Daily published an article that quickly became accepted social media fact:.
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Butts are definitely having a moment , and now science might actually have an answer to why we're all about that bass. Researchers at Bilkent University in Turkey showed men silhouettes of women's bodies and asked to rank them in order of preference. They found that the men were most attracted to women whose spines curved exactly 45 degrees above the top of their butts, but that the men were actually more attracted to the spinal curve — known as vertebral wedging — than the butts themselves. The researchers say that having "extra mass around the buttocks" enhanced the appearance of the curvature. David Lewis, one of the researchers on the study, told Daily Mail that vertebral wedging developed out of necessity. Subsequently, women who developed this vertebral wedging were able to "forage longer" for food during pregnancy and carry multiple pregnancies with a lower risk of injury, which Dr. Lewis says would have been "sexually attractive" to men because of the evolutionary advantage it provided. However, the researchers noted that the study isn't conclusive and that more research is needed to really understand the preferences for either a big butt or a pronounced spinal curve. I think this is the more important takeaway: The next time a guy tells you he's an ass man, you can go ahead and tell him he's actually a spine man. I know — baby got vertebral wedging just doesn't have the same ring to it.
But his absence in the spiritual side of my life, and that of my mother, was very hard. Become a Redditor and subscribe to one of thousands of communities. When she goes on a mission, she will go through the temple which means she will be wearing garments. If you can't, then it's best to move on. Honestly, you are probably the only person who she has ever known to outwardly label themselves an atheist. She honestly believes that she has the truth, and that if you are exposed to it enough you will recognize that. Well, maybe not a total disaster, that is a bit exaggerated. You can consider some positive activities and allow you to communicate and learn from each other.
