Women who fancy tall men are more likely to rate themselves as attractive: study

It’s the height of self-confidence.

Women who fancy tall men are more likely to consider themselves attractive, surprising new research has revealed.

Scholars from Texas A&M International University recruited 247 straight women for their study, with the findings published in the latest volume of the academic journal, Evolutionary Psychological Science.

The female participants, who had an average age of 24, were shown a range of images depicting men of varying heights and “shoulder-to-hip ratios” (SHR).

“Women considered taller men with larger SHRs as more attractive, masculine, dominant, and higher in fighting ability,” the team uncovered.

A shoulder-to-hip ratio refers to the difference between the circumference of the shoulders and the circumference of the waist.

Men with a larger shoulder-to-hip ratio are likely to be broad shouldered and have bulky, muscly arms.

Additionally, they are likely to have a smaller waist with less fat hanging around the stomach.

“It is suggested that these sexually dimorphic features [height and a larger SHR] are a reflection of men’s genetic quality,” the researchers wrote.

They added that such features indicated to women that such men have “the ability to provide direct benefits” such as “protection, resource provisioning.”

Interestingly, women who rated themselves as attractive (“higher mate value”) were more likely to say that taller men are more desirable.

However, confident women setting their sights on height must proceed with caution.

A 2019 report on what drives men to cheat, found that the majority of those that admit seeing another woman behind their partners’ back were over five foot 10.

The study included stats compiled by online affairs website Ashley Madison that found taller men were twice as likely to cheat when compared to those under five foot 10.