As someone who has been in love several times and yet at 24 finds himself single, lonely and harking for the halceon days of my late teens, it's fair to say I clearly have no idea what it is women look for in a man. If I did, I'd be doing it.
Researchers have long tried to determine what it is women find most attractive in men, probably because we're all insecure at heart in one way or another, and unfortunately for men like me, the latest bit of research is bad news.
More than 60,000 heterosexual men and women were asked how many sexual partners they'd had and also their height and body mass.
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The researchers at Chapman University found that the average person has had eight sexual partners. However, for guys like me who fall into the 'short arse' category, apparently we're less desirable than our taller brethren.
Short men averaged sex with around five women while the taller among us managed around double that number.
"These findings confirm that height is relevant on the mating market," said lead study author David Frederick, Ph.D.
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"Research has repeatedly shown than women prefer men who are relatively taller than they are. It is possible that for most women there is a certain minimal threshold of height, after which they will consider a male as a potential sex partner, and thus men above that height will end up with similar numbers of sex partners."
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Looking at body mass index, the research showed men with an average BMI had the most sexual partners. They were closely followed by 'overweight' men, but that of course doesn't take into account men who work out and have weighty muscles - anyone who's ever dealt with stats around BMI would be able to tell you this is a flaw in the system.
So basically, as you probably expected, tall, muscular men seem to be getting all the action while small skinny chaps need to up their game if they want to do some naked bedroom dancing.
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As a shorter, more muscular man, I have absolutely no idea where I stand.
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