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let these "full figured" women suffer. most of them wouldn't give short men a chance anyway.......... and complain about men being "superficial". great to watch them explain themselves away with what to them seems like "justifiable" excuses.......... a woman can always do something about her weight no matter how hard it is............
Everything is double-speak these days, so it's hard to say. For instance, if I were to write a profile, my inclination would be to describe my body as average because I do consider it average for my height. However, some/most? people may translate it to "overweight" and they might even have a point as the "average" dress size is 14, I believe. I'd rather upload a full-body picture instead of having people guess whether I fib or not.
yup. my rule is: I don't care what she calls herself, as long as I can see a full-body pic. no more surprises.
For the last time,its a myth MM would be plus size today. She would be at most a size 8.
Her measurements were 36-24-36. 36 inch hips is not a size 12. Its not even a size 10.
She would be a little bigger than the average fashion model today,but not plus size.
The reason some say she would be plus size today is because size charts have went up,meaning todays size 8 would have been a size 12 in the 50's.
Actually, those measurements would make her more like a size 2.
Which may be true, but it still remains that the average sized American woman is 12/14 which seems to be contrary to the ideal that men have when visiting these sites.
An average man would not know a 12/14 compared to an 8. If she was an hour glass shape with large breast and curvy hips the majority of men I know are just going to say "Thats what I like" never what dress size she wears
From what I've seen, yet it does, even when there's also a "full figured" option. And apparently "average" means "pretty darn chubby". Although considering this is the U.S., that may be accurate.
An average man would not know a 12/14 compared to an 8. If she was an hour glass shape with large breast and curvy hips the majority of men I know are just going to say "Thats what I like" never what dress size she wears
True, but like that one poster earlier in this thread, he would have put the average size woman several sizes smaller than what it actually is.
Ultimately, my point is the "average" label is misleading. I am an average sized woman per statistics and I have put average as my size. Yet, others believe that the actual average sized woman is smaller or they have a different understanding of what "average" means altogether. I think dating sites should just remove that label and put "somewhere in between" or even a "girl next door" option.
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