According to some clueless researchers in Oregon and Hawaii, women who are overweight seem to be having more sex than their slender cousins.

Prima facie, and following deep thought in the case of our friends at the University of Hawaii, this seems counterintuitive. After all, shouldn’t one’s sexual fitness, especially in the case of women, be directly linked to being of an appropriate weight?

“These results were unexpected and we don’t really know why this is the case,” Kaneshiro said.

So there you go, Dr. Kaneshiro really, truly thought that the stereotype “that you have to be slender to have sex” was likely to hold true.

Anyway, the answer to this question lies in another study that showed that the closer one was with regard to intellect and looks to the average in society, the more sexual partners you are likely to have. Opposites generally don’t attract when it comes to people, and when one is sitting smack-bang in the middle of the bell curve, your selection of potential lovers is the most abundant.

Maybe Dr. Kaneshiro can’t comprehend the idea of turning down an offer of sex, which is fine, but he must realize that attractive women are looking for a shag from within that very small pool of attractive men, if they ever even find the pool.

• The press release can be viewed here.
• The abstract is available here.
• Science Daily has also reported on this.