Subscribe now

Women dance most attractively when fertile

11 July 2012

WOMEN seeking to impress men on the dance floor might want to consider strutting their stuff when most fertile. Men shown videos of women dancing and walking were most attracted to their moves when the women were close to ovulation.

Bernhard Fink, at the University of Göttingen, Germany, and colleagues filmed 48 women while they walked or danced to the drum track of a Robbie Williams song. The women walked and danced once during the most fertile part of their reproductive cycle and again during a non-fertile time. The videos were transformed so that only the outline of each…

Sign up to our weekly newsletter

Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox. We'll also keep you up to date with New Scientist events and special offers.

Sign up

To continue reading, subscribe today with our introductory offers

Popular articles

Trending New Scientist articles

Piano Exit Overlay Banner Mobile Piano Exit Overlay Banner Desktop