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>The more fat there is the more obscured and distorted this shape becomes particularly in the middle.) And so men tend to give the thinner ones more attention. Hence the assumption that thinner is better when it really has nothing to do with how much they weigh.
I would have assumed that fat obscured pregancy. Men were in constant fear of cuckolding (hence the obsession with female chastity) due to paternal uncertainty due to concealed ovulation. Thinness is also more common in youth, another advantage (health and virginity).
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