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mediocrity
10-25-2009, 01:58 PM
Kittygirl I didn't mean to offend you, truly I didn't. It just seems off.
Likewise. 5'7" and 100lbs seems incredibly thin and I was having a hard time visualising size 8 hips on a 100lb girl. Still am, but I definitely didn't mean to upset you.
KiwiStrawberry Splenda
10-25-2009, 02:57 PM
My cousin is 5'7" and 100 pounds. She is too skinny, but she can't put on weight. She eats normally, but is a trained ballerina. During her teenage years they put her on so many diets, it affected her metabolism, so she now has terrible painful periods, and can't gain weight. It actually had the opposite metabolic affect of starvation. Maybe because of the heavy physical exercise from ballet?
I'll tell you though, she fucking ROCKS a pair of skinny jeans!
WestCoast101
10-25-2009, 03:01 PM
With some exceptions, the majority of males are attracted to (but obviously cannot always have) that Jessica Alba type slender but slightly curvy look, but not to the extent its anorexic or unhealthy.
Compare the avg 15 yr old female to the avg 25 y/o female, the first category much slimmer but sufficiently into puberty to have the right curves. As women age from the point of initial y, the weight tends to be added, its a basic rule of human biology.
Most males ideal females to mate with would equate with the premium selections available to the dominant males for millions of years - namely the Alpha tribal leaders who would basically (among other things) each season, monopolize the newly fertile young women - who by definition still in were usually on the slender side.
Point is there is (Darwinian) logic in being attracted to slender females, because its DNA optimizing the selection to best move the man's genes forward.
princessjas
10-25-2009, 05:13 PM
^^ Everytime you post I damn near throw up. Just lay off your attempts to justify the most vile male behaviors, or just fucking go away. Ugh!!
Kellydancer
10-25-2009, 05:25 PM
If you're a small female you want a large male around so you can feel safe and protected. Before my husband (who is tiny) I dated large, large guys. Ppl are less likely to fuck with you if you're with a big guy.
That makes a lot of sense. I guess being a little taller makes me wonder. I just get tired of dating little guys because the taller guys want the petite girls whereas no one wants the short guys.
vmurphy252
10-25-2009, 05:33 PM
If you're a small female you want a large male around so you can feel safe and protected. Before my husband (who is tiny) I dated large, large guys. Ppl are less likely to fuck with you if you're with a big guy.
I agree. Large guy + small female = good...
Jessie_tinydancer
10-26-2009, 05:52 AM
How does that work long term though?
Are you serious? I'm confused of how it would be a problem? Because how you physically "fit" makes or breaks a relationship? huh?
Ok my mom is 5' and skinny and my dad is 6' and really fat. They've been together 32 years and have 4 kids. Unfortunately they gross me out by openly talking about their sex lives, so I know there is no problem there...
I am still soooo confused as to what on earth you are implying...
Jessie_tinydancer
10-26-2009, 05:55 AM
Likewise. 5'7" and 100lbs seems incredibly thin and I was having a hard time visualising size 8 hips on a 100lb girl. Still am, but I definitely didn't mean to upset you.
It depends where Kittygirl is from. In canada/US I can fit in a size 0-4 at 5'7" and 120Ilbs, but in Australian sizes thats a 6-8. We don't usually have stores that make clothes smaller than size 4. I think UK is similar, but not sure... Size really means dick all since its not standard anyways.
Katherine
11-05-2009, 01:54 PM
I haven't read all the responses. But after reading the OP I just wanted to share a little story. I'm thin, a size small, but by no means skinny, like the stick skinny. I'm 5'5" and 124 lbs (I do lift though and have muscular legs and shoulders).
I've been seeing this guy for about a year now who was very very well known in the fashion industry. He has dated some of the world's most "perceived" beautiful women. He tells me everytime he sees me how much better my body is than any of theirs! I've even asked him if this was just his preference and he told me that him and most of the guys he knows prefers a healthy body even if it's softer/heavier than any of the stick thin 'beautiful people.'
It's nice. :)
kittygirl
11-07-2009, 04:14 AM
I am in the US, so the sizes are the same for most of the girls who still can't believe it.
Believe it or not I guess I'm big boned.
At 5'7" and 85 pounds when I was admitted to the hospital I was wearing a size 6 but it was snug.
But believe me, most girls I see have really little bones compared to me.
What I think is funny is when they have a potbelly and saddlebags and still wear a smaller size.
Size doesn't mean much.
But, alas, maybe that's why I also got ginormous real boobs, so most men don't even notice the number on my jeans and I don't have to shell out a couple grand.
That's good enough for me.
How could this "seem off" for real. I wouldn't waste time convincing you of a lie, that's just not my style. But, I do feel it's important since so many people here seem to equate your size with how in shape or healthy you are - not very good math.
Lola_sinn
11-09-2009, 05:39 PM
Believe it or not I guess I'm big boned.
But, alas, maybe that's why I also got ginormous real boobs, so most men don't even notice the number on my jeans and I don't have to shell out a couple grand.
I'm the same way, sometimes I feel like such a freak!
kittygirl
11-10-2009, 02:45 AM
Frankly I feel the opposite.
I'm totally feminine, but it's sad that other girls think this way.
A lot of smaller girls look strange to me, no diss, but I guess it's the same as "proving" you are normal.
I'd rather attract men naturally than argue over a size 2. At least I get big guys who have a sweet nature. No need for Napoleons.
Lola_sinn
11-10-2009, 02:37 PM
You know, a lot of the time I think that smaller girls look strange too, like they are too fragile. And I also tend to attract big guys with mellow attitudes, although that could partly just be personal preference on my part. I'm glad I'm not the only one out there, it actually makes me feel a lot better!
Now that I think about it I had a friend at my old college who was also tall with a large bone structure and big tall guys LOVED her, but she had body issues and desperately wanted to be shorter, skinnier, etc. It was a shame because she was so unique but she hated her body...but I guess I'd feel pretty awkward too if I wore size 11 in women's shoes.
kittygirl
11-11-2009, 03:52 AM
Oh my god, that's my shoe size.
I got teased so bad in school, this jerky kid used to call them "boats".
Oh well. Thank god men all have different tastes. There's one for everybody.
And several of us for each of them...
black_widow
11-11-2009, 03:21 PM
What body type men prefer is directly related to the culture in which they were raised and/or live, according to the "Art of Seduction."
Men that are more wealthy, white collar workers tend to prefer thinner women with smaller tits and men that are poorer and more blue collar workers tend to like thicker women with larger breasts and asses. Of course, between those two poles, there is a continum, with the idea being the more wealthy the man, the skinner the woman. It is seen as more "refined" in taste, as women with overtly large sexual features are seen as "crude" or "vulgar".
This is all a result of popular culture though, as it was the opposite in 18th century Europe.
EbbySmiles
11-12-2009, 01:25 PM
How a person carries the weight is also to be considered. When I was 105 pounds I was bone thin. I worked out since I was a real dancer since I was 16. I took dance classes from 10 in the morning until 11 at night with a 30 minute lunch break. In which I slept not eat. I still had men hit on me. Men seem to like me best at 120- 125. I am slender build so it comes off taller and longer than I really am. White men with college educations and white collar jobs liked me. OK loved me. Now my curvy body brothers like me but also the white blue collar boys seem to want to get to know me also.
I liked being skinny. And would love have my jaw wired shut for a couple of months to see if I can get that unfed look.
Jessie_tinydancer
11-12-2009, 04:53 PM
^ LOL my friend is a very curvy girl. Def not fat, but fuller figured. It's such a bad thing to say and she says it in jest, but half serious... she wishes she was skinny. Ethiopian skinny. "Like, people would tell me they are concerned and ask if I'm sick". It always makes us laugh even though it's soooo not PC and not a healthy attitude. Just funny cause she'll probably never be even close. She hates working out and loooooves food.
kittygirl
11-13-2009, 02:44 AM
When i was on swim team working three hours a day at 14 i was always 143 at 5'7".
Just another tidbit, all of us are different.
luckischalk
11-27-2009, 11:46 PM
I think men definitely differ in their tastes. That's why I married a black man who likes curves. I only way 130 lbs which for me is heavy, but for most of the country is pretty light; however, it's great to have a man who loves me whether I weigh 118 or 130.