Correlates of physical beauty in men and women

Front-view drawings of male and female figures were rated for attractiveness by partici-pants of both sexes. Participant sex did not affect the physique parameters judged relatively attractive. For female stimuli, attractiveness correlated negatively with waist width and hip width, and directly with figure slenderness. For male stimuli, attractive-ness correlated positively with shoulder width and upper body taper.