Randy Thornhill > Quotes

“Men do not ignore adolescent women with estrogen-facilitated traits. In fact, men are unusual and extreme among male primates in the extent to which they are sexually attracted to very young semiadult and adult females; other male primates typically prefer females comparable in age to middle-age women.”
― Randy Thornhill, The Evolutionary Biology of Human Female Sexuality

“Large breasts on women per se are not attractive. Men prefer firm and upright breasts over sagging breasts and adult breast form over juvenile breast form.”
― Randy Thornhill, The Evolutionary Biology of Human Female Sexuality

“Women’s high desire for orgasm and sexual satisfaction during short-term mating may reflect estrous motivation to obtain intrinsic good genes by extra-pair copulation.”
― Randy Thornhill, The Evolutionary Biology of Human Female Sexuality

“Women prefer more masculine faces and, it appears, more masculine scents when fertile. Perhaps not surprisingly, then, they also prefer more masculine male voices. Voice pitch is sexually dimorphic.”
― Randy Thornhill, The Evolutionary Biology of Human Female Sexuality