Chapter 1 Mutual and Partaken Bliss: Introducing the Science of Bodily Beauty

Chapter 2 Waist-to-Hip Ratios and Female Attractiveness: Comparing Apples, Oranges, and Pears

Chapter 3 The Volume-Height Index as a Body Attractiveness Index

Chapter 4 Methodological Issues in Studies of Female Attractiveness

Chapter 5 An Evolutionary Perspective on Male Preferences for Female Body Shape

Chapter 7 Healthy Body Equals Beautiful Body? Changing Perceptions of Health and Attractiveness with Shifting Socioeconomic Status

Chapter 8 The Shaping of Women’s Bodies: Men’s Choice of Fertility or Heat Stress Avoidance?

Chapter 9 Interpersonal Metaperception: The Importance of Compatibility in the Aesthetic Appreciation of Bodily Cues

Chapter 10 Mate Preferences in Social Cognitive Context: When Environmental and Personal Change Leads to Predictable Cross-Cultural Variation

Chapter 11 The Roles of Stereotypes and Group Norms on Perceptions of Bodily Attractiveness

Chapter 12 Feminism and Body Image

Chapter 13 The Impact of Western Beauty Ideals on the Lives of Women: A Sociocultural Perspective