`` Apparently This Matters '' is CNN 's new series about the people and issues that matter most to New York -- from 9/11 to the war in Iraq. This week , Jarrett ponders a popular study saying women prefer skinny men . Or what you might call PBM : Protective Boyfriend Material . Or , at least women in Latvia -- that 's where the study was conducted . Science says it boils down to immune systems -- not jeans shorts .
`` Apparently This Matters '' is CNN 's new series about the people and issues that matter most to New York -- from 9/11 to the war in Iraq. This week , Jarrett ponders a popular study saying women prefer skinny men . Or , at least women in Latvia -- that 's where the study was conducted . Science says it boils down to immune systems -- not jeans shorts .