Hairy chest means having more female hormone???

By MAIL ON SUNDAY REPORTER

It has long been seen as a sign of masculinity – but men with hairy chests are less attractive to women, according to new research.

A study has found that they prefer a smooth torso, particularly at their most fertile time of the month.

Hairy men are more likely to have higher levels of female hormone oestrogen, which could affect their virility.

Singer Sir Tom Jones exposes his hairy chest. Recent research has shown that women now prefer a smooth torso

The hormone makes hairier men more ‘homely and reliable’, but in theory it could reduce their female partner’s chances of becoming pregnant and means women may subconsciously find them less attractive.

But post-menopausal women – for whom fertility is not an issue – prefer their men hairy.

Researchers at Turku University in Finland took pictures of 20 men before and after they shaved off their body hair. The photos were shown to 550 women aged between 15 and 69.

Only 30 per cent of younger women preferred hairy men, compared with 60 per cent of older women.

The study states: ‘These findings suggest that body hair may play a much more important role in human mate choice than previously thought.’
The results were published in the journal Behavioural Ecology.

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University of Turku world ranking is 264 in 2009

whereas University of MALAYA (UM) is ranked 180 in 2009. For your information, UM has very bad academic achievement and reputation well known by all educated Malaysian.

Therefore, use your own wisdom to read this article.