I'm more of a 20% girl myself.

You know, there's many a night when I lie in bed and ask myself questions. The questions range from the mundane (Did I turn off all the lights? Did I put the kiddo's folder in his backpack for shool?) to the spiritual (Is there really an afterlife?) and the philosophical (Is this the real life, or just fantasy? Am I caught in a landslide with no escape from reality?*). But in all honesty** there is no question I ask myself more than this: "What's the precise percentage of skin a woman should expose in order to attract a male partner*** and not look like a cheating whore?" Thankfully for me and the millions of other women who ask themselves this very same question, experts at the University of Leeds have undergone a painstaking study**** to find an answer.

The findings were based on work by four female researchers, who discreetly observed women at one of the city’s biggest nightclubs from a balcony above the dance floor.

Using tape recorders hidden in their handbags, the researchers took note of what female clubbers were wearing and how many times they were approached by men asking them to dance.

For the purposes of the study, each arm accounted for 10 per cent of the body, each leg for 15 per cent and the torso for 50 per cent.
Women who revealed around 40 per cent of their skin attracted twice as many men as those who covered up.

So, forty percent is the magic number. Remember this women everywhere*****, and update your wardrobes.

And what happens to women who show a little more?

Experts believe that showing too much flesh puts men off because it suggests they might be unfaithful.

Psychologist Dr Colin Hendrie, who led the study, told the Daily Mail: “Any more than 40 per cent and the signal changes from ‘allure’ to one indicating general availability and future infidelity.

“Show some leg, show some arm, but not any more than that.”

In other words, show anymore than 40% of your skin and you're a slutty filthy whore who doubles as the town bicycle.

Now, then, don't you feel so grateful that there's a group of experts out there to tell us how to dress and act so we can find suitable male mates? How awful would it be if we just wore whatever clothing we liked and/or felt comfortable in?

Via Fannie and Melissa McEwan.

* = Freddie Mercury was totally the Renee Descartes of his day.
** = Not really.
*** = Sorry asexual and homosexual women, apparently you don't exist or count.
**** = And by "painstaking study," I mean they hung around on the balcony of a night club to study the Single Human Female in her natural habitats as she attempts to ensnare attract a Single Human Male for mating purposes. No, really.
***** = Except you, asexual and homosexual women. You're only figments of my imagination.