Loving you body might improve your love life. Photo: Getty Images
A lot of women seem to be looking for love in all the wrong places -- like their dimply thighs, their cankles, their belly bulge...
So says a new survey from Cosmopolitan Magazine UK, in which 73 percent of women claimed that insecurities about their bodies had a negative impact on their love life, the Daily Mail reports.
(Psst, girls! That's why God invented light switches and duvets.)
Of the nearly 3,000 women polled, roughly three out of four claimed that perceived body flaws -- stretch marks, saggy boobs, a lack of curves, etc. -- made getting intimate difficult, according to the paper.
"Women take their body image to heart," Dr. Pam Spurr, a sex expert and life coach, tells the Daily Mail. "But it is an awful lot of pain for nothing because her husband or partner won't be focusing on her body the way she is.
"Most men aren't thinking about the lumps and bumps, they are thinking about the pleasure."
And while we ladies may be fixated on our figure flaws, we're still perfectly happy to dish out some criticism. According to the study, women's biggest turnoff was poor personal hygiene, followed closely by moobs, beer bellies, and hairy backs.
Come to think of it, what's our problem? How can we feel bummed about our cottage cheese thighs when Loverboy is sporting D cups?!
Body flaws may be bad for your sex life, but they could be good for your health.