What's so great about skinny women?

[Eveylon]

I know some girls who are about that thin but are very healthy, but I find this sort of 'thinspiration' as damaging and really not something to aim for as an ideal body image for woman. I'm curvy, and even though I've started excising more regularly I do not want to ever become that stick thin, just a little more healthy. I like my curves they makes me feel feminine, so I'm not gonna lose them any-time soon

 

[Robert Ewing]

Erm, well some women can pull it off, same with being overweight.

It does look good on some i'm sure... But the vast, vast, VAST majority, it just looks disgusting. I've met about 3 people in my life that pull off the really skinny look. And I didn't find them attractive, I found them just pretty... I wouldn't date them or anything, I just acknowledged that they where kinda nice.

Tbh, I like women with a bit of meat and/or tub on them, but that's just me.

 

[thisbymaster]

Because the fashion industry thought it was a good idea to let gay men decide what a beautiful model is. Give me boobs or give me death.

 

[Guy Montag]

devil's advocate coming through.

because we are wired to admire 'healthy' bodies. social factors only do so much.

women like men with muscle, speaking broadly. most don't like men with terrifyingly gratuitous amounts of muscle, just as most men don't like women that are inhumanly thin.

that being said, I can't help but roll my eyes whenever someone who is plainly unattractive to the opposite sex blames it entirely on 'the media' and 'society' and it's definitely not them weighing 250 pounds and having no ambitions to change that. when people refer to how renaissance trends and other historical periods that exalted women who were fat, they prefer to avoid looking at the paintings of that era as the women depicted aren't really that fat.

as to why women are driven to bizarre acts of weight loss, it's because of social standards of attractiveness and also because women are fundamentally more self-conscious about their appearance, albeit for reasons that historical and social factors have played a part in. You don't find many anorexic or bulimic men.

 

[aei_haruko]

i must be one of those weird guys who likes his girlfriend just the way she is, and I am happy i have her

 

[gamerguyal]

I find my curvy girlfriend to be extremely sexy. She may complain about her belly occasionally, but I'm not the kind of guy who gets turned off by that. The only time that I might wish she were lighter is when I try to lift her up or carry her, but I always attribute that to my lack of upper body strength.

Also, to speak more bluntly, bigger girls usually have bigger breasts. Just throwing that out there.

 

[chuckman1]

That is too skinny,
but....in general,
I usually dont go for skinny girls but something I like is how they feel when I hug them.
And some of them look cute skinny because they're naturally like that.

I'm a naturally skinny male I currently weigh 100 and am 5ft 10in.
No Im not kidding I'm skinny as hell.

 

[NotSoLoneWanderer]

You know what I like? A good personality. The type of personality you can just talk to all night long over and over and when you wake up the next morning you keep on talking. The type of personality where your friends are like "damn she's got a nice personality" and you can't help but grin for being so lucky. The type of personality where you carry and even bigger grin on your face just because you know people are looking at her and guys are saying "DAMN where'd he find a personality like that?" or girls would say "Wow i wish my personality was that good."...I'm gonna go talk to my inspiration for this

 

[x EvilErmine x]

Spoiler: What he said

While that guy is obviously a dick, he's sort of right. Look the amount of fat people out there who are fat because of a physiological or genetic reason is tiny as a percentage of the total. It is fair to say that the majority of them are fat because they do not burn as many calories as they consume. That's not to say that they they ate all the cake but rather they may live on a diet of healthy well balanced food but it'll still get you fat if you don't burn the calories off.

I don't condone picking on fat people at all but I don't think they should get any special treatment either.

Spoiler: What she said

While I would dispute it being a tiny percentage (I'd say depression and other mental health issues make up a suprisingly large chunk - but that's based on personal observation), I understand.

I was not saying that they should get any kind of special treatment though, just that they get alot of crap thrown at them purely for their weight. If it were based on gender or race it'd be a big deal but when it's weight (and only on the bigger side of the scale at that) it's just accepted as being deserved. That's what bothers me.

All this typing and I still can't say it clearly. I apologise if this is an incoherant mess.

More OT though: I'd imagine alot of it is a cultural issue, as has been mentioned. Like historically, larger women were more desirable (still is in some places), of the Chinese binding feet. The latter case is both a little disturbing yet fascinating. Beyond that, there are people that like all kinds of women. Take a look through a lonely hearts column sometime. Some of that stuff is *wierd*, but there'll be a man/woman out there to fit it.

I see your point, and I agree with it. I would speculate though that the reason that it's generally accepted as being deserved is because being fat is something that one chooses to be (again baring medically sound reason), where as no one gets to choose there ethnicity, gender or sexuality. They are just who you are. let me qualify that statement by saying that it's not like one day you wake up and decide that 'today I will become fat' but rather when you realise that you no longer fit properly into your jeans you then have the choice to do something about it by shedding a few pounds or just go out and buy some bigger jeans. The less enlightened of the public (whom are sadly the majority it seems) will see the latter option as taking the easier way out and thus causing them to regard the fat person as 'weaker' creating a stereotype for all fat people.

Going completely off topic meanwhile...
You mentioned foot binding, this to me has to be one of the sickest things ever. I mean what normal sane person says to him self 'Gee I like ridiculously small feet on a woman but my little girls got damned ugly normal human sized feet...no man will ever want her, i know i'll just brake her toes, then fold them underneath and bind them up real tight until the bones fuse and she cant walk properly.' What the absolute fuckery is all THAT about?

 

[Torrasque]

But the girls in your video are not slim, they are borderline skeletal, which is really fucking gross in my mind.

Keep in mind that the people you just described as "really fucking gross" are human beings with feelings. Just a thought.

Horribly unstable feelings that may cause them to gain or lose 20 pounds on a whim.
I could care less if they have feelings, everyone has feelings.
That doesn't stop me from saying "Fox News is full of shit" and "Pedophiles are horrible people".
Unless you want me to try and not be offensive?
I have a relevant video for you
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[Ziadaine_v1legacy]

HEALTHY thin, yes. Unhealthy thin that looks like you've been starved, god no. A chick in front of me last week at the local motor registry station was that skinny, there was NO muscle, fat or anything on her. It was disgusting.

Don't get me wrong, I like skinny chicks for their err.... easy movements? but I way prefer someone who in general is healthy.

 

[Powereaver]

i personally dont want to date a woman who looks like she doesnt eat well and could snap in a stiff breeze.. i just want a normal healthy looking woman.. underweight and overweight just turn me off instantly

 

[Rin Little]

Stick figures scare me to be honest. I like willowy girls, not girls who look like I could snap them in half by bending them over.

 

[Tsun Tzu]

That example? A bit too skinny. The few skinnyish girls I've been with weren't all that skinny, so I can't really tell you. I do know that it's much, much, much more enjoyable in bed.

Seriously, I can't understate how awesome it is to be able to reposition a girl at will. Granted, the overweight ones are generally cute in their own way but the more acrobatic stuff isn't happening. I use the term "acrobatic" quite loosely as well.

 

[Nobby]

Anorexia is a horrible mental condition and thinspiration aggravates and enhances the negative effects.

There's no problem with being skinny, but there is a problem with starving yourself till you're so malnourished you get confused for a xylophone.

Some people look like that without starving themselves, just like some people look "chubby" without cramming their faces full of cake. The way someone looks does not provide you an entirely accurate picture of their health. Assumptions made about skinny people are just as wrong as those made about fat people.

Absolutely, that's why I took care to point out that there is nothing wrong with being skinny. As long as you eat healthily and get all the nutrients you need then being skinny is wonderful.

But starving yourself to be unnaturally skinny is not Ok. Encouraging people with anorexia to continue to starve themselves so that they look good is wrong, and thinspiration is manifestly harmful by enabling anorexics view that unhealthily thin is beautiful.

 

[Orcus The Ultimate]

Women with nice curves and some meat are healthier for birthing.

 

[Slayer_2]

Because people are fucked up. Looking like a starving African child is not attractive. It makes me want to cry. Or puke.

 

[Missile.x]

I get so sick of this whole "skinny people need to man-up and eat something. They look horrible!" thing. What a lot of people don't seem to understand is that if I weren't skinny, I'd have to put up with snarky comments about my body shape. You see, I know for a fact that at the age of 17, with my petite body shape, if I put on weight, I wouldn't get this "curvy" body shape people go on about. I'd simply be fat . . . with small breasts (In fact, I use the term "breasts" very loosely here ;D) and I'd lose my slim waist-line. To the majority, I'd be considered a lot less attractive and my esteem would be even lower than it already is.

K, now I'm done ranting about that, I'm gonna repeat the point that beauty is in the eye of the beholder etc. ya-da-ya-da-ya-da. All body shapes are bound to be attractive to someone I'm sure, but personally, while wishing to stay "skinny", I'm in no way saying that being under-weight in terms of weight-to-height ratio is okay. Sounds insanely clichéd, but women are under a lot of pressure from the media to be thin. Funnily enough, I actually feel slightly victimised when I watch television and everyone's going on about how skinny is ugly and everyone should be "curvy". Sadly, for some of us, that's not an option.

 

[OldGus]

So can someone please explain to me why this is attractive?

The thin ones are easier to chuck over your shoulder, throw on your horse, and ride out of town with.

That being said, some of those looked boney enough to do a serious injury to the horse.

 

[Rule Britannia]

The fact that they aren't fat. Sorry for such a blunt point.