A new study from the University of Leeds has revealed that women with wide hips are more likely to have one-night stands and more sexual partners in general compared to their slight counterparts.
The research found that women with hips wider than 14.2 inches (36 centimetres) were more likely to have had a roll in the sheets with more partners than those with smaller hips (12.2 inches or 31 centimetres wide).
The study into whether hip width or waist-to-hip ratio was a better predictor of a woman’s sexual behaviour was conducted among 148 women aged between 18 and 26 years old. The participants all had at least one sexual partner previously and also completed a questionnaire about their sexual histories.
Questions included the age at which they lost their virginity, the number of sexual partners they had and information about emotionally significant sexual relationships they had been involved in.
The survey also found that women for whom one-night stands accounted for three out of every four of their sexual relationships had hips at least 0.8inches (2cm) wider than those who had fewer one-night stands.
Professor Colin Hendrie, who led the research, claims the results reflect the ability women are able to control their child-birth:
"Women's hip width has a direct impact on their risk of potentially fatal childbirth-related injury. It seems that when women have control over their own sexual activity this risk is reflected in their behaviour.
"Women’s sexual activity is therefore at least in part influenced by hip width."
Brings a whole new meaning to 'child-bearing' hips.
