Was the Duchess of Windsor right?: A cross-cultural review of the socioecology of ideals of female body shape

Ethology and Sociobiology • Vol/Iss. 13(3) • Elsevier • • Published In • Pages: 197-227 •
By Anderson, Judith L., Crawford, Charles B., Nadeau, Joanne, Lindberg, Tracy

Hypothesis

Cultures with weak fraternal interest groups (FIGs) should have a slender standard of beauty, those with strong FIGs should have a relatively fat standard of beauty (206).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Spearman Correlation TestNot SupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNOne-tailed

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Fraternal Interest Group StrengthIndependentSodalities
Ideal Female Body TypeDependentSexual Stimulation