Tram Town
Thursday, January 11, 2007
| Category: WHWTMSitW It's a slow news time of year when we get fed this pap: Beauty just a waist of space: Scientists analysed almost 350,000 works of fiction from Britain and the US, then repeated the experiment with ancient Indian epics Mahabharata and Ramayana between the first and third centuries and Chinese dynastic poetry between the fourth and sixth.Did they say scientists? And following immediately: Bossoms bobbed up most frequently, with 219 references. But only 16 of those referred to shape or size.So, in 350,000 (presumably × 3 to include the Indian and Chinese repeats) documents, they found 219 references to "bossoms" (I'm not sure what this typo is referring to) and 66 references to waists. From this they concluded that they entire world likes hour glass figures. Mind you, their conclusion may well be right but science it is not. And the local angle is just beauiful: It's not good news for the average Aussie woman, whose shape is leaning more towards apple than hourglass.Thanks are due to Dr Devendra Singh of the University of Texas and also to the lightweight and anonymous journalist at News who brought this news to us. |
