Just out of curiosity, what’s your favorite female body type? I won’t get mad if you say “tall and skinny” (unless you also say that other women are worthless), but be honest. Society makes everyone want to believe that guys only look for one body type, but I’m hoping to prove the world wrong. You’re not as shallow as people think you are.
For the record, I’m an extremely short, chubby female, and I used to believe that guys avoided me because of my size. I later found out that males found me “cute,” but I’ve been sending out “stay away from me” signals.
So tell me, what do you like? Tall, short, medium? Thin, fat, “healthy?”
It’s the eyes, and the smile.
Is “all of the above” an option?
My SO is about 4’10, 12O ish, so I guess that would be “chubby”, although with her personality and charm, I’ve never really noticed that it mattered. She could have a good time at an insurance seminar, and that’s what I love.
If you’re asking “walking down the street” attraction, someone who’s just a visual, I’d go with the standard, proportionately built woman. Nothing too big or too small…although, a little extra caboose is always nice in my book…
My attraction would basically be a two dimensional bell curve around the averages. Most of the women I really get serious about are 5’7 or 5-8, with an average body. As it gets more to the extremes it does get less attractive to me. A girl less then 5’1 just kind of reminds me of my 12 year old cousins, and I would feel too ooky to date her. And a girl more than 6-4 would make me feel awkward and uncomfortable (I’m 5-10). A girl who is knobby-elbows-skinny makes me feel like I want to help her rather than screw her. Being a really fat guy myself, I don’t date really heavy girls either. Chubby is perfectly fine, But if a girl is as fat as me I get self-concious that we look like a circus act or something. Yes, I have lots of hang-ups :).
Before I meet a woman, I’m attracted to “plump and delightfully curvy”… in any one of a variety of sizes.
But actually meeting the woman throws the preconceptions out the window…
“Rubenesque” works for me.
And the butt, right?
OK, so I’m shallow.
Not really, seeing as how my current SO is overweight, as was the one before her, and the one before her…
But they all had nice smiles and beautiful eyes, and the current and one of the formers had addictive personalities. (the other former had no personality after a while, which is why she’s a former.)
As far as the ever-so-shallow, “Yeah, I’d bang her,” I’m physically attracted to the athletic (but not overly muscled), slender type.
But not too tall, seeing as how I’m a shorty (5’5") myself.
-Dirty
I like three types of women:
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tall athletic brunettes.
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short perky blondes.
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everyone else.
There are no shallow questions. There are only shallow answers, which is my specialty.
I like tall, slender women. I like women who look so fine that they would have nothing to do with the likes of me. It is a bias that does not lead toward successful relationships. Nor toward unsuccessful ones.
I suspect most males don’t intentionally “look” for any particular body type. My guess is that we eschew the extremely skinny and the extremely fat, and then pick someone from the middle. 
The trend in entertainment and fashion to favor the ultra-skinny is a joke, not really reflective of reality. Those industries think that the skinnier the better, no matter what, but that’s simply not how life works.
My tastes are definitely stereotypical: tall and thin. A flat stomach and petite butt are the biggest turn-ons, followed by face, eyes, breasts and hair. Although this is what I find most attractive, I have a wide range of body types I also find desirable.
This of course also assumes an attractive personality. With a bad personality (boring, mean, etc.), it doesn’t matter how good your body is.
I typically prefer girls with that 40’s/50’s Pin-Up Girl look. You know, slender waist, bit hips, big thighs. I love pale complextion, and dark eyes and dark, straight hair.
Of course, my ex is a skinny blonde, but I still find her to be one of the most intoxicatingly beautifully women I know, so I guess “what one prefers” doesn’t really mean shit when it comes down to it. Beautiful women are beautiful no matter what body type they have. But it is nice to have something to hold onto.
It all depends on how well the package is put together.
I like the Medeterainian look with full lips and dark eyes and hair. I love noses with character.
Full bodied is good for me.
I suppose I prefer tall and athletic, only because 1) I’m tall myself, so dating short women is always awkward, and 2) if she’s going to be built like an amazon, she may as well have some muscles to match.
Although I should point out that if she doesn’t have a matching personality, I’m not interested. As a rule, I avoid women who are ice queens, depressed, or psychotic, regardless of how physicially attractive they are.
I like my women on the tall side: 5’10’’. Then again, I’m 6’3’’ so…
The first thing I notice about a woman is how she walks.
The body part I check out is the butt.
And I prefer women to be well padded, if not chubby.
However, the thing that turns me on is how she uses her brain.
Faces and hands are by far my two favorite physical features. Easily. As for body type, I generally go for the women who look like they eat a good bit (as a friend of mine put it, some “cushion for the pushin”). And even though I am generally not as attracted to skinny women (especially those who starve themselves or eat very little in an attempt to stay skinny), there are a few I’ve come across to whom I was very much attracted (again, face and eyes. Elizabeth Bogush was a recent one).
But all bets are off if the person isn’t nice. There’s a girl I knew in grade school who now is very physically attractive but is such a complete and utter bitch that all I saw when I saw her high school yearbook pictures was ugliness.
Skinny is OK, but no ribs sticking out. Body fat is fine, but folds are not so great. I really like breasts, but size is not really a part of it, except very large breasts are . . . not all right. Muscles are fine, even big ones, but extreme definition is less attractive. Tall or short don’t matter much, unless it causes trouble getting through doors, or into chairs.
Hair needs only to be clean, and not falling out sparse. Longer is better, but you knew that, right? Dead pale is too pale, sunburnt brown is not all that great, but deep down brown on your own is OK. Eyes need to be open, most of the time, and looking back out at you. The woman needs to be in the body, and like being there. Dancing is cool, dancing until your feet get bent out of shape is not.
Make up tastes terrible, so if I am gonna be kissing or licking, that matters a lot, otherwise I don’t care either way.
Tris
“To my way of thinkin’ there is nothing in this world,
Like a fifty two Vincent, and a Red Headed Girl.” ~ Richard Thompson ~
My mom once defined my ‘type’ for me (how’s that for gross?).
Apparently I like oval faces, dirty blonde hair, and slender butts. Breast size apparently doesn’t play into it.
Who knew?
Seriously, the most attractive thing about any woman is self-confidence. If she is who she is because she likes it I’m drawn to her like she’s a lodestone and I’m an iron filing.
That’s how Lady Chance drew me in, after all.