Valuing thinness or fatness in women: reevaluating the effect of resource scarcity
Evolution and Human Behavior • Vol/Iss. 26 • Published In • Pages: 257-270 •
By Ember, Carol R., Ember, Melvin, Korotayev, Andrey V., de Munck, Victor C.
Hypothesis
"Societies with greater resource scarcity will have more positive valuations of fatness in women" (258).
Note
There was a significant relationship between resource scarcity and valuations of fat in women, but the results were not in the expected direction. Threat of natural disasters was used as the best measure of resource scarcity.
| Test Name | Support | Significance | Coefficient | Tail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spearman’s rank-order correlation | Not Supported | p<.05 | -.51 | Two-tailed |
| Variable Name | Variable Type | OCM Term(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Resource Scarcity | Independent | Disasters |
| Valuation Of Fat In Women | Dependent | Basis Of Marriage, Ethnoanatomy, Sexual Stimulation |