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Men speak up all the time and do tell what they're attracted to (especially on this forum where there are plenty of threads about how disgusting either larger or thin women are, whether big boobs or small boobs, big booties or flat booties are attractive.)
Seriously..."what men prefer" is discussed ad nauseam on this forum. Basically, men find the extremely unusual hourglass figure (read: impossibly small waist, impossibly large breasts, perfectly proportioned hips, and slender limbs) most attractive, which is rarely found in nature or outside of a photoshopped men's magazine cover. We get, we get it, men are incredibly picky and like to make women feel bad about their bodies.... this woman is too thin, that one too chunky, this one has too small breasts, that one has too big of a butt, etc....
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Originally Posted by Mathguy
Has anyone besides me noticed the following irony?
Mens Magazines: (Playboy, Maxim etc.) = Curvy Women
Womens Magazines: (Vanity Fair, Elle etc.) = thin\slender models
An interesting lesson in perspective.
Men's magazines: very slender & toned women with breast implants &/or gel inserts in bikini top/bra, fake tan, collagen lips, hair extensions, and a generous amount of photoshop to trim the waist, thighs, arms & nose. Faces tend to be cookie cutter pretty.
Women's magazines: teenage girls who are much taller & thinner than the average adult woman modeling clothing marketed to very wealthy, adult women. At least they are "allowed" quirky facial features.....
Really, I think the men's magazines are not portraying a standard that is more realistic by any means, unless you've won the genetic lottery & your body deposits fat in only the "right" places. Instead of encouraging adult women to starve to be skinny like a teenage girl, they simply encourage cosmetic surgery & a lot of "maintenance". And let's face it, those women are much, much thinner than the average woman also, even one who works out & eats well.... They all appear to be a size 4 or smaller & Ibet most are on the tall side; they are just proportioned curvier than a fashion model (and their average age is older...they are young adult women, not teens).
very thin models were introduced in the fashion industry because a thin frame shows off the clothes and less of the woman. Think about it the next time you see a rail thin chick in a fashion magazine- you notice the clothes more than her bod. If models were normal weight or curvy, everyone would be admiring the girl more than the clothes. somehow, this became a sought after norm today... girls aren't meant to be rail thin! models are basically hangers for clothes and as oe poster commented, gentlemen magazines proves this
very thin models were introduced in the fashion industry because a thin frame shows off the clothes and less of the woman. Think about it the next time you see a rail thin chick in a fashion magazine- you notice the clothes more than her bod. If models were normal weight or curvy, everyone would be admiring the girl more than the clothes. somehow, this became a sought after norm today... girls aren't meant to be rail thin! models are basically hangers for clothes and as oe poster commented, gentlemen magazines proves this
Well, then the designers can show their clothes on real hangers - much cheaper and even less distracting!
Seriously..."what men prefer" is discussed ad nauseam on this forum. Basically, men find the extremely unusual hourglass figure (read: impossibly small waist, impossibly large breasts, perfectly proportioned hips, and slender limbs) most attractive, which is rarely found in nature or outside of a photoshopped men's magazine cover. We get, we get it, men are incredibly picky and like to make women feel bad about their bodies.... this woman is too thin, that one too chunky, this one has too small breasts, that one has too big of a butt, etc....
Men's magazines: very slender & toned women with breast implants &/or gel inserts in bikini top/bra, fake tan, collagen lips, hair extensions, and a generous amount of photoshop to trim the waist, thighs, arms & nose. Faces tend to be cookie cutter pretty.
Women's magazines: teenage girls who are much taller & thinner than the average adult woman modeling clothing marketed to very wealthy, adult women. At least they are "allowed" quirky facial features.....
Really, I think the men's magazines are not portraying a standard that is more realistic by any means, unless you've won the genetic lottery & your body deposits fat in only the "right" places. Instead of encouraging adult women to starve to be skinny like a teenage girl, they simply encourage cosmetic surgery & a lot of "maintenance". And let's face it, those women are much, much thinner than the average woman also, even one who works out & eats well.... They all appear to be a size 4 or maller & Ibet most are on the tall side; they are just proportioned curvier than a fashion model (and their average age is older...they are young adult women, not teens).
Hi orangeapple,
You are missing the point. The point is the ideal is the hourglass figure, not the stick. It is better to be an historical normal weight than a stick. It is healthier and more attractive to most heterosexual men. The average in the US is not average or normal in any other place or era.
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