Is there a scientific difference between male and female waist-to-hip ratio?*

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*and if yes, how is it defined?
I found nothing per google so far so I wondered if anyone can help me with this question.

I came to this as I thought about the information that women have wider hips than men by genetics, but the waist? Men are built more “boxy” but there are some men who have wider hips and just small waists so they have a “feminine” look to them (for the torso at least) and some women I saw have, even though skinny, pretty “boxy” bodies as well, still wide hips but also very wide waists.

Is there a distinctive difference in the shape that is measurable?

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Women with wider hips have an easier time giving birth. Not that it’s easy anyway, but wider hips means the pelvis can open up a bit further to accommodate a baby passing through them. Men don’t give birth so they don’t need wider hips.

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