Buttocks

Categories: Aesthetics, Anatomy, Aesthetics, Anatomy, Women

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'''Buttocks''' matter for physical attractiveness in both men and women, perhaps more so for women.<ref>https://www.gq.com/story/the-part-of-your-body-women-find-sexiest</ref><ref>https://www.drfelix.co.uk/most-attractive-body-parts/</ref>

The ideal male and female buttock has some muscle definition. The ideal female buttock has an additional layer of fat covering over the muscles making them more roundish. Black males prefer larger buttocks than white males.<ref>Freedman RE, Carter MM, Sbrocco T, Gray JJ. 2007. ''Do men hold African-American and Caucasian women to different standards of beauty?'' Eating behaviors, 8(3), 319-333. [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3033406/ Abstract]]</ref> Similar to the preference for female breasts,<ref>Kościński K. 2019. ''Breast firmness is of greater importance for women's attractiveness than breast size.'' American Journal of Human Biology, 31(5), e23287. [[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajhb.23287 Abstract]]</ref> buttocks are preferred to be round and firm, and ideally there are ''slight'' folds below the buttocks, the ''gluteal sulci'' or folds. In fact, female breasts may have evolved to mimic the buttocks.<ref>Fuller RC, Houle D, Travis J. 2005. ''Sensory Bias as an Explanation for the Evolution of Mate Preferences.'' [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/444443 Abstract]]</ref>
Buttocks that shake when walking or dancing are oddly attractive. Roundishness, smoothness and shakiness are possibly ornaments that evolved by [[Fisherian runaway|runaway selection]].

== External links ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160729002711/http://brainmind.com/sexevolution.html The Evolution of Breasts, Buttocks and the Big Brain by R. Gabriel Joseph, Ph.D.]

==See also==
*[[:Category:Aesthetics|List of aesthetics]]
* [[Twerk]]
* [[Boobs]]
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