Why Men Prefer Skinny Women? - Page 6

On August 20 2009 02:41 Hawk wrote:


You are the epitome of stuck up internet guy, jesus

On August 18 2009 18:30 zealing wrote:
Lol at this blog... And I hope the world ends up like Wall-E, I would weigh 300+ to get that kind of chair man, those things had everything.

On August 18 2009 19:21 Daigomi wrote:
Why we prefer skinny women has to do with our culture, not with evolution. Some of the things you mentioned, like hips etc., are argued to be evolutionary. However, body weight has very little impact on species survival, and has changed a lot historically, which implies that it is cultural rather than fixed.

The reason why Reubens painted so many chubby girls, is because having more body weight than is needed implied that the person was rich, thus successful, thus should have appealing qualities. That doesn't mean that the said "wow, that women is ugly, but she must be intelligent." Being fat was perceived as being attractive, because it implied all these things. Many African cultures today still find overweight women more attractive. Women who are skinny are looked down upon in these cultures.

However, if you think about the attitudes we hold towards overweight people in first world countries, then it's easy to see where our predilection for skinny women comes from. Overweight people are assumed to be lazy, slothful, unsuccessful people, while someone in peak physical condition is considered to be hardworking, dedicated, and generally successful. So in countries where most people aren't skinny due to starvation, and where everyone has the abillity to become obese, becoming obese is seen as indicative of a weak character, while maintaining a healthy weight is seen as a sign of success.

On August 19 2009 21:14 NeverGG wrote:


Body comments aside - thanks for the link. Her site has some really nice ideas for recipes etc. Being a woman on TL I find seeing some of the people commenting calling women 'whales' pretty depressing, but each to their own I guess. I admit I have seen British men in the past with those big pot-bellies and gone 'ewh.' There's almost nothing less attractive than a man who looks pregnant aside from a man who is considered 'good looking' but has a rotten personality - for me that is the worst type of all.

On August 20 2009 04:14 ghostWriter wrote:
Apparently the "a sexy chinese girl dancing" girl is not actually Chinese.

Well really there is no arguement because evolution and culture etc, are part of the same mechanism...they really are talking about the same things. Cultural change or choice if you want to call it that is still survival of the fittest even if it is persuaded by thought of the times, it is still part of evolution. They cannot really be pieced out in that way, they are interrelated. Kinda like nature vs. nurture, it is both, not either or. Cultural or social choices though are more short term evolutionary trends, whereas evolution as a whole is seen as a slow=going kind of thing...it really has fast parts to it as well. Hard to explain, but true.

By the way...larger breasts do not carry more milk...that is a myth, so there is another reason they are currently being selected by mates in much of the world the last 30-50 years, but these trends change and this one has been on the rise for some time but they are not universal or permanent. Maybe it is just persuasion of the cinema and media and fashion and liberation that caused the trend, or maybe it is the misunderstanding of males who think that they carry more milk, or maybe it is completely outside of any logic and we just don't know why these things occur completely. Males are also attracted to larger eyes, smaller jaw structures and fuller bottom lips...how do all of those things make sense?