The viewpoint taken in the observation of this study is interesting! Even more interestingly (?!) the article is written by a man. The assumption that the happiness of the marriage is due to the wife&#039;s being thinner than her husband is automatic in the above article. I just wonder if the writer ever paused to wonder if the wives in these studies were thinner BECAUSE the marriage was happy and they felt fulfilled, rather than the other way around (the marriage was happy because they are thin..what?!!) Women know that when they feel good about themselves they care more about how they look, and if they have a man who makes them feel good about themselves they&#039;re much more likely to not let themselves get overweight, and take much more pride in their looks. I think the womens&#039; being thin because they are in a relationship in which their spouse makes them feel interesting and desirable in the FIRST place, (and the thinness is a result of their feeling satisfied) is much more likely the case than the women&#039;s thinness being the cause of the marriages&#039; success. Maybe these marriages are those that are rewarding to both partners and (therefore they scored high on the satisfaction level tests) and so the wives in these relationships aren&#039;t gorging themselves on m&amp;m&#039;s while comforting themselves with Jersey Shore or whatever it is at night because they feel unattractive to their husbands. Maybe instead they&#039;re slipping on something sexy and having fun with their husband because he makes them feel good. I cannot believe the writer of this article did not even pause to consider the possible sequence of events in such a study. This article is written from an incredibly shallow &quot;male gaze&quot; perspective.