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  2. Marfan syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a multi-systemic genetic disorder that affects the connective tissue. [6][7][1] Those with the condition tend to be tall and thin, with long arms, legs, fingers, and toes. [1] They also typically have exceptionally flexible joints and abnormally curved spines. [1]

  3. Leg fetishism - Wikipedia

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    Leg fetishism. Legs of a woman. Leg fetishism (also known as crurophilia) is a sexual interest that focuses on the legs, and is a type of partialism. [1] In leg fetishism, individuals may experience a sexual attraction to the particular areas such as the thighs, knees, shins, calves or ankles.

  4. Body shape - Wikipedia

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    Human body shape is a complex phenomenon with sophisticated detail and function. The general shape or figure of a person is defined mainly by the molding of skeletal structures, as well as the distribution of muscles and fat. [1] Skeletal structure grows and changes only up to the point at which a human reaches adulthood and remains essentially ...

  5. Physical attractiveness - Wikipedia

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    The goddess has been associated with sexuality, love, and fertility. [5][6][7] Xi Shi (西施), born 506 BC, was one of the Four Great Beauties of ancient China. [8] Physical attractiveness is the degree to which a person's physical features are considered aesthetically pleasing or beautiful. The term often implies sexual attractiveness or ...

  6. Neoteny in humans - Wikipedia

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    Neoteny is the retention of juvenile traits well into adulthood. In humans, this trend is greatly amplified, especially when compared to non-human primates. Neotenic features of the head include the globular skull; [1] thinness of skull bones; [2] the reduction of the brow ridge; [3] the large brain; [3] the flattened [3] and broadened face; [2 ...

  7. Body proportions - Wikipedia

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    legs (floor to crotch, which are typically three-and-a-half to four heads long; arms about three heads long; hands are as long as the face. [ 10 ] Leg-to-body ratio is seen as indicator of physical attractiveness but there appears to be no accepted definition of leg-length: the 'perineum to floor' measure [ e ] is the most used but arguably the ...

  8. Sex differences in human physiology - Wikipedia

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    Sex differences in human physiology are distinctions of physiological characteristics associated with either male or female humans. These differences are caused by the effects of the different sex chromosome complement in males and females, and differential exposure to gonadal sex hormones during development. Sexual dimorphism is a term for the ...

  9. Cross-dressing in film and television - Wikipedia

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    Cross-dressing and drag in film and television has followed a long history of cross-dressing and drag on the English stage, and made its appearance in the early days of the silent films. Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel brought the tradition from the English music halls when they came to the United States with Fred Karno 's comedy troupe in 1910 ...