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Good news for anybody who doesn't have the proportions of a comic book heroine or Pamela Anderson: Allegedly, men prefer the average woman's body type to pin-ups, centerfolds, supermodels and anybody else you've probably been jealous of recently.An Australian study showed men line drawings of women's figures and asked them to pick the ones most appealing. The men preferred women with a waist-hip ratio of 0.7, but only if the waist and hips were average-size, as in U.S. size 12.
Then to strengthen their argument they compared the line drawings to Playboy centerfolds (for science, guys, for science), Australian escort service advertisements (also for science, who do you think these guys are?) and average women. The preferred line drawings most closely matched the average woman.
Despite all that hard science, we're left wondering just who is supporting the multimillion-dollar industry that produces all those magazines and videos full of impossibly thin and buxom women. Are we sure these researchers knew what they were doing?
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Thursday 11 June
By Cremedelacremedi
This is funny! I'm plus sized and I can tell you I have never EVER had a problem getting a very nice date. I know quite a few thin fashion models, and I can tell you from what I know, guys who strictly like very very thin girls usually turn out not being interested in girls after all. I suppose it's kind of like only being attracted guys with no facial hair... at all! Doesn't make much sense, does it? So what I'm missing out on is a whole lot of confusion not to mention heartache. They can keep it. By the way, alot of clothes are designed by gay men, which is not my concern, but why would I want to impress gay men exactly?
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Thursday 11 June
By arowellwarp9p9
Voluptuous women certainly have their place in the "grand scheme" of attractiveness; however, I'd agree that "over-inflation" of a girl's breasts can break the "ridiculous" barrier fairly quickly! On the other hand, how exactly do we determine what "average" is? Also, body, countenance, voice, body language, and what's going on upstairs (i.e. actual intellectual acumen) are all important in combination. I have found myself "crazy attracted" to a wide range of females based on their physical "types"---short, petite, and curvy, taller, proportionately slimmer and less busty, etc. Attractiveness is a kind of holistic "final analysis" resulting from a lot of conscious and unconscious assessment. It two people have that much-desired, oft-searched for quality of "chemistry", all of those hard-to-quantify and hard-to-qualify variables just add up!
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Thursday 11 June
By Michelle
I think most men prefer "healthy" women. I am a little more curvy than I'd prefer (5'4" 135 lbs) but am working very hard at the gym for a more athletic figure. However, my husband finds my sexy exactly how I am. I think most men just prefer a woman who is healthy, with a "nice figure". Everyone has a different opinion on what is beautiful. That is what makes the world go round.
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Thursday 11 June
By Stan
FAKE boobs just DO NOT COMPARE to the real ones.I would much rather be with a woman with REAL boobs even if they are small or big with a little sag.
FAKE is never as good as the real thing!!
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Thursday 11 June
By rbtltd
I cannt remember the last time I lusted after a line figure on a piece of paper.
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Thursday 11 June
By GB
All the hype about size is put out by women. Women want to look good for other women...
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Thursday 11 June
By Mistye
The most important thing is to be healthy. Because of bone size, 130 on one may look 150 on another. Taking care of yourself at any size will reflect beauty, and most important, be beautiful on the inside. That can make those 10 extra pounds vanish :) in anothers eyes.
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Thursday 11 June
By wolfarcher124
Men prefer to date/marry women that have average body types. we like to bang the hell out of the curvy ones!
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Thursday 11 June
By Brenda
I am heavy and who says guys dont like women with piercing and tatoos ! This is just not so!Just because you dont ,thats not all guys!To each its own!
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Thursday 11 June
By Ryan
Being a guy, I can tell you this absolutely not B.S. Guys these days tend to prefer the rail thin models simply because that's what's marketed as beautiful these days. It wasn't this way 50 years ago. If you can ignore all the marketing and socially accepted beauty, I think guys naturally are attracted to curvy, feminine natural beauty. I know I am.
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Thursday 11 June
By linabean
I really enjoy the conversation between the 2 "thin" women who are oh so concerned with the obesity problem in america.........your in love with yourselves, just keep telling yourself you posts were to help all heavier girls "try it", being thin or heavy isn't always a choice, you stuck up prom queens..............get a husband.
Thursday 11 June
By Beetle
Nobody wants a bone but a dog ...Four legged kind, Guys not the two legged kind
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Thursday 11 June
By jennie
if that were true why do men druel over super skinny models?
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Thursday 11 June
By Tom
jennie.... Men don't drool ofer super skinny women, women do.
Thursday 11 June
By Paige
Jennifer;
I absolutely understand what you're saying, but that was kind of my point - It's hard to over come a perception that set in at a very difficult age. I was a child, and felt terrible growing DD breasts, literally overnight and shooting up 7 inches, while comparing myself to the only role model I ever remember having, my mom. That combined with hearing what was "beautiful" so much, and not fitting that created my perception of myself.
I do love the way I look, granted I'd love more to be shorter so I can fit normal jeans, but still, I think my body is beautiful, it's just a battle to feel comfortable in my body. If that makes any sense whatsoever.
Thursday 11 June
By Tay
I might not be average but I think I'm pretty well proportioned. I eat whatever I want and excercise and still have a 26.5 in waist and 30.5 hips. I'm only 5'4 and 120 lbs. I am petite in every aspect but still manage to turn a head now and then. No matter how hard I work out or how much I diet, I always have had that little bottom roll haha! Oh well. Ladies (and Men) everyone is different and unique. Some people were designed to be small and others thicker. If you like and obiese person's appearance that is fine but remember it does pose serious health risks. It is important to be healthy no matter what size you are regardless of personal preference or level of attractiveness!
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Thursday 11 June
By Yesyou
That's BS. All of the men I know prefer women with skinny butts and a skinny, toothpick build. I know it sounds gay but it's the truth.
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Thursday 11 June
By Tarsha
I have been on both sides of the fence here. Before I had children I was a size 3, and weighed 105 pounds. After my ffirst child I could never go lower than a size 7, weighing 125 pounds. After the second child I have bounced between a size 11 and 12, weighing 150 to 175 pounds. In my opinion of what guys want, it's not skinny! Guys like a girl to have a little meat on them. I turned more heads when I weighed between 125 and 150 pounds than I ever did weighing 105 pounds!! I wasn't huge, but I wasn't boney either, guys like something to grab and hold on to. They don't want to feel like they are going to break you if they touch you!! Your size/weight doesn't matter if you think you look good and it shows, they will think so too. Guys love confidence in a girl, if you think you look good, let it show.
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Thursday 11 June
By wietteiger
i am a size 12 for the first time in my life! at 5ft 4 inches i should be a size 8 , but even though i am definatly over weight i still get hit on quite aften and find alot of men really like the curves. so even though i am striving to lose the weight i find a lot of men dont care and like it . i think what is important is how you cary yourself with body confidence no matter what size you are . that is what attracts a man
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Thursday 11 June
By Cathy
Well, I am 5'3 and 128 lb. I have curves and my husband loves me (for me) Although I think any man likes a perfect figure!
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