The British biologist explained the seductive roundness of female forms as an evolutionary necessity.
The captivating curves of the female body are devoted to countless poems, paintings and other works of high (and not so) art. There are noticeably fewer scientific works on the same exciting topic. The British scientist David Bainbridge decided to correct the omission. Just do not need these grins, please: Bainbridge is not just a “British scientist”, but a completely serious person, an evolutionary biologist and researcher at the most respected Cambridge University. The title of his new book, which came out this year, can be translated into Russian as “Bendology: The Origin and Power of the Feminine Forms” (1).
It is worth noting that evolutionists always gravitate towards simple and straightforward explanations. And if the French, as you know, are “looking for a woman” in everything, then fans of evolutionary theory are the key to procreation. And they do find it! At the same time, David Bainbridge initially intrigues the reader by declaring with all biological directness that the difference in the forms of the male and female bodies is clearly excessive. That is, in order to conceive, endure, give birth and feed a child, it is not at all necessary for women to have such magnificent breasts, rounded buttocks, sharply curved hips … Stop, stop, sorry, I got carried away.
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Now, purely anatomically, none of this is really necessary, explains Bainbridge. Evolutionary necessity, in his opinion, is different. Namely, that, seeing all these wonderful roundness, a man receives a signal. Evidence that this person ate well in childhood, and therefore comes from a strong tribe (good family), carries excellent genes and will be able to give birth and feed healthy offspring. In support of this idea, David Bainbridge makes the argument that any woman’s forms reach their peak at the peak of her childbearing years – not before and not after.
It sounds, perhaps, too prosaic. The author himself understands this, and therefore notices that humanity is inclined to reject the simplest explanations, as if ashamed of how far it has gone from its primitive ancestors. And he insists that simple explanations don’t stop being true just because we don’t like them.
1. D. Bainbridge. «Curvology: The Origins and Power of Female Body Shape» (Granta, 2015).