I like skinny girls. Not slim, not thin, but downright skinny. Bone skinny. Bra size is not important. Those supermodels are too flabby for me.
OK, that was tongue in cheek.
There are models who are naturally that thin, y’know. No, obviously not the majority of models, but they exist. I remember seeing one model who was complaining that with the new BMI rules (where models would need a minimum BMI of 18 to be in shows*) because she’d be ineligible. She was 5’11" and something like only 115 lbs. You’d think she’d be one of those emaciated models, with pointy, jutting collarbones and shoulders, where you can see her ribs on her chest.
Nope. She looked most definitely slender, but she had a small frame and her weight looked like it actually suited her. She didn’t have bony protrusions. She looked slim and healthy.
Just like some people naturally tend towards being softer and plumper, there are others who naturally tend towards being slim and trim.
There’s nothing wrong with preferring slim women and there’s nothing wrong with preferring larger women. I only wish that everyone would be the shape they are in a healthy manner. That includes me. 
- Can’t remember if it’s an actual rule or was just bandied about.
Amen. I can count the woman’s ribs:eek:. There is no reason for that.
Exactly. There has been quite a bit of research like this that shows women think men are attracted to much thinner women than they actually prefer. In other words, men don’t like body shapes anywhere near as skinny as most women imagine. Women are more likely to be dissatisfied with their own bodies, and also to judge other women more harshly in reference to a too-thin mental ideal.
Arguing that men’s preferences are influenced by fashion magazines is ridiculous. Fashion magazines are aimed entirely at women. Men by and large don’t care about women’s fashion at all. The huge marketing machines of the fashion, makeup, and beauty industries target women. Period. Women are the ones doing the judging, and they are creating unrealistic expectations for themselves based on horribly erroneous beliefs about attractiveness toward the opposite sex.
I would also argue that anorexia has far more to do with anxiety disorders and control issues than any societal ideal. The behavior has a strong tendency to run in families, and is often associated with obsessive compulsive behavior. The trigger might be comments about the young woman’s physical beauty, but it’s more likely to be physical or mental abuse, or even something as simple as poor self esteem in general that makes her fixate on her body as an area of her life that she can exert control over. It’s basically a subset of body dysmorphic disorder, which I’ve never heard anyone seriously suggest is caused primarily by social pressure.
I’ve noticed that, too! Wasn’t she in the Three Musketeers with Charlie Sheen in the early 90s? She’s painfully thin now and freaks my husband out. He loves that show, though.
As far as fashion being marketed to women, I can’t disagree there. However, with porn, I’ve noticed that while most does depict enhancements of a different sort, there’s a very large sub-set of it that depicts extremely young-looking women, many of which do have pre-pubescent-looking bodies. I wonder what the percentage is of men who click on that type vs. who click on that which depicts more busty women? Or women who click on that, for that matter?
Skinny chicks hurt.
I’ve found that true on more than one level. Give me zaftig and unafraid to wrestle!
I think I should point out that women tend to have a shorter limb to torso ratio than men. It’s just we stick them in high heels to accentuate and visually lengthen the legs.
I don’t think it’s quite the same thing. People are naturally inclined to think that offering/recommending food to someone who appears to need it is a benevolent act.
Firstly, what is it with zombie attractiveness threads today?
But secondly, yeah, the longer leg thing doesn’t belong in that list. I was listing things that are different between the male and female physical form, and the long legs thing went in there without me thinking about it. Mea culpa.
I’ve been on the receiving end of such comments my entire life. The offer of food may be a kindness from little old ladies, but when a competitive peer makes such a comment it’s done with malice. They get away with it because it masquerades as hospitality and they seem pretty confident they won’t receive such rudeness in kind. Women can be downright nasty to thin women.
I like any female with a pulse.
Long, lean Lena is the girl that we adore
Whenever we go surfing we use Lena for the board
(yeah, yeah, yeah)
“May have been”?
And I work in a fitness center, and I’ve seen all types. There’s one young lady…wow. She needs help, seriously. Skull face, arms like broomsticks. She has some kind of issues, guaranteed. But thing and athletic? Sure. Curvy and fun? Sure.
People should post pictures (not of themselves, if they don’t want) so everyone knows what they mean by “skinny” and “curvy” IMHO.
What fashion models do have are some of the most beautiful faces in the world, so for the most part they still look extremely attractive. Also most people assume being a few pounds underweight is an very easy and usually self correcting problem. A playboy/pornstar figure is much more commonly attractive to men than the fashion model skinny look.
After 3 years do zombies get skinnier?
You poor, poor thing. :rolleyes:
I’m just kidding!! 
It’s very likely you’re quite envied and that comes out as nastiness.
Surely you jest.
Nice example. How about we just refrain from commenting on aspects of other’s appearance in favor of either kindness or silence? Because nastiness couched in envy is still nastiness. We just had a trainwreck about a bumbling waiter’s use of fat girls to describe his guests. No one had any trouble deciding that was a rude and careless move.