# I like big butts... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 29, 2002, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473 "2002-11-29T07:39:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Captain\_Blunty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Captain\_Blunty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Blunty)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473/1 "2002-11-29T07:39:47Z")
Question for all of you: Big butts, little butts, or the average arse? Which do you prefer? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473/2 "2002-11-29T08:27:12Z")
I like 'em a bit larger than average. But not too big. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473/3 "2002-11-29T12:30:19Z")
What?:šŸ˜• šŸ˜• šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![Improbability](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Improbability](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improbability)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473/4 "2002-11-29T12:41:53Z")
I donā€™t have an opinion on women, but on men, no. I would like a little more butt on myself though. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473/5 "2002-11-29T12:49:57Z")
I like big breasts and the wide hips that go with the non-surgically enhanced ones. ---
**Author:** ![H8\_2\_W8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c77e96/32.png) [@H8\_2\_W8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H8_2_W8)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473/6 "2002-11-29T13:26:09Z")
My anaconda donā€™t want none Unless youā€™ve got buns, hon (Is that a copyright violation?) I actually like smallish butts on women but still have big butt features - roundness, 3D effect on profile, good proportion out from waist, etc. Calipygian assets. The worst is a thin woman with no discernable waist and pancake flat butt. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473/7 "2002-11-29T13:31:12Z")
I like em big (but not too big). The key for me, though is: **independent hemispherical movement**. Any size, as long as you have that. ---
**Author:** ![mozureb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@mozureb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozureb)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473/8 "2002-11-29T13:47:05Z")
about the size of Ohio not Texas ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473/9 "2002-11-29T15:31:58Z")
I like ā€˜em **big!** More cushion for the pushinā€™ as they say. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473/10 "2002-11-29T17:50:33Z")
This thread makes me wonder where the stereotypical flat-bottomed beauties come from. If this large a percentage of the population prefers a bigger behind, then why is it generally believed in the minds of women that less is more? ---
**Author:** ![Improbability](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Improbability](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improbability)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473/11 "2002-11-29T18:00:37Z")
Well, I suppose it the difference between the perception of _fat_ bum and a lovely curveacious bum, for obvious reasons. And for many women, myself included i suppose, one is desirable and the other one is unacceptable, however, there is often a fine line. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473/12 "2002-11-29T18:10:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ladyfoxfyre \* > \*\*This thread makes me wonder where the stereotypical flat-bottomed beauties come from. If this large a percentage of the population prefers a bigger behind, then why is it generally believed in the minds of women that less is more? \*\* Marketing, lady f, marketing. Gotta sell those health club memberships somehow ā€¦ Plus, the fashion geniuses like the power rush of deciding what womenā€™s bodies ought to look like. Iā€™m a big fan of proportionality, myself. Thereā€™s a young lady at my place of employment with a very trim waist, flat butt, and enormous breasts. It looks very strange to me ā€¦ (Of course, now Iā€™m starting my egg timer: how long until the first post asking for her name, address, and phone number? šŸ˜ƒ ) ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473/13 "2002-11-29T18:36:55Z")
A behind that cannot be covered with the hand is preferable. To me, anyway. I seem to have found a nice one:) ---
**Author:** ![EasyPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473/14 "2002-11-29T21:20:01Z")
Well a wide butt thatā€™s flat, isnā€™t really big, itā€™s just wide. A well proportioned butt that protrudes is ideal, like the Venus sisters, Jennifer Lopez, most of the gals on the Cuban volley ball teamā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473/15 "2002-11-29T21:36:56Z")
Small but still round. I prefer a smaller woman. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473/16 "2002-11-29T22:53:33Z")
I like generous proportions. One day thereā€™s gonna be a shortage, an I want to be repared. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473/17 "2002-11-29T22:57:59Z")
Small and jiggle-free. ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473/18 "2002-11-29T23:40:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SCSimmons \* > **ā€¦ Plus, the fashion geniuses like the power rush of deciding what womenā€™s bodies ought to look like.** I think it has something to do with the fact that the fashion industry is dominated by gay men. Theyā€™re not promoting female body types that are sexually attractive. Iā€™m a straight woman, but I think men who like flat butts and narrow hips are insane. Iā€™m biased though. My mom and grandma would look at my butt like it was disgraceful and I should hide it. I think the trend is to be more accepting of big butts. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473/19 "2002-11-30T00:02:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > I like em big (but not too big). > > The key for me, though is: **independent hemispherical movement**. > > Any size, as long as you have that. Damn, that just about nails it right there. Iā€™ll toss in _proportional_, _curvaceous_, and _ā€œfirm, yet softā€_, and weā€™ve got ourselves a nice package deal. Not that Iā€™m looking for one, mind you. Iā€™ve got all a man can wish for in this regard, with the possible exception that the buns at hand are some 11,000 clicks away right nowā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473/20 "2002-11-30T00:24:15Z")
I think, even just physically, a woman is more than the sum of her parts. Iā€™ve found many different kinds of butts attractiveā€¦each one worked well for the individual woman in question. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-big-butts/139473.md?page=2)