Seriously, folks, who comes up with this shit?
Men under stress find overweight and obese women to be more attractive than do guys in a relaxed state of mind, new research finds.
The findings complement previous studies that have shown when resources are scarce, people prefer heavier partners, presumably because fatness is a sign that the person has access to food and is healthy. In women, for example, being underweight can make it more difficult to get and stay pregnant.
I don’t mind accepting that all these men who pester me for dates do it only because they are hugely stressed but the article makes no sense on any level. Even a child knows, I believe, that being underweight and being overweight are equally problematic for conception and pregnancy. And do people really associate being fat with being healthy? If so, it must be their utter stupidity that leads them to experience all this stress.
This kind of inane “research” annoys me more than words can express. There is so much that is wrong with this “study” that I wonder who employs these pseudo-scientists and why it even makes sense to keep them on the payroll. The entire premise behind it is obviously based on the researchers’ unhealthy bias. “Why on Earth would anybody want to have anything to do with these disgusting fatties?” they probably asked themselves. “There must be something deeply wrong with such people. Now let’s go and prove that they must be psychologically damaged in some way.”
It’s mind-boggling how often people sell their own intellectual limitations as some sort of a scientific breakthrough.
Clarissa's Blog 
Leave a comment