Thursday, October 16, 2008

Men's Opinions on Curves vs. Ribs

Women often desire to be twig-thin because this is what they see portrayed in the media and therefor think that a toothpick is what they need to have to get a man. Well, although most of us hold our bodies up to a standard for ourselves but sometimes others as well, many women feel the need to change for men. For those women I share this piece of information: "latest poll shows 80% of men want curvy voluptuous women, NOT rail think stick models like we have been told." This is a quote from the article I am sharing with you. The 80% are attracted to bodies like JLo and 15% to average-sized women, and a mere 5% to skinny-minnies. So, ladies, if we are trying to look attractive to the opposite sex, losing a ton of pounds is apparently not the way to go. A man's opinion should never be the motivation behind a body transformation or self image in the first place, but I think it is nice to hear men speak out against the media's stereotypes of what is desirable. http://www.nancyhayssen.com/blog/6/why-thin-is-not-in-80-men-say-they-love-big-women/

1 comment:

Queer Youth Family Resource Center said...

Awesome, BUT Jennifer Lopez is by NO MEANS a 5'4" size 14, like the average woman. Sure, guys like "curvy" women, but what's their definition of curvy? Boobs and ass? Ha, sorry, but seriously. I mean, Tyra Banks is voluptuous, but isn't an average woman either.