Posted on 06/16/2010 5:31:29 AM PDT by Abathar
LONDON -- Scientists say being fat can be bad for the bedroom, especially if you're a woman.
In a new study, European researchers found obese women had more trouble finding a sexual partner than their normal-weight counterparts, though the same wasn't true for obese men, and were four times as likely to have an unplanned pregnancy. Fat men also reported a higher rate of erectile dysfunction.
Experts interviewed nearly 10,000 French men and women aged 18 to 69 about their sexual experiences and analyzed the results based on their body mass index.
Obese women were 30 percent less likely than normal-weight women to have had a sexual partner in the last year. In comparison, there was little difference among obese men and normal-weight men as to whether they found a sexual partner.
The results were published online Wednesday in the medical journal BMJ. The study was paid for by several French government agencies.
People with a BMI of 18-24 are considered to have a healthy weight. Those with a BMI of 25 or above are considered overweight and people with a BMI of 30 or more are classified as obese.
Previous studies have found similar trends, but researchers were surprised by the discrepancy they found between the genders as to how excess weight affects peoples' sex lives.
"Maybe women are more tolerant of tubby husbands than men are of tubby wives," said Kaye Wellings, a professor of sexual and reproductive health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and one of the BMJ study authors.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogging_%28sexual_practice%29
Hogging refers to the practice of groups of men who target overweight or obese women, typically for sexual encounters.
Unlike fat fetishists, men who participate in hogging are not necessarily sexually attracted to obese women’s bodies; they aim to take advantage of a female’s stereotypical low self esteem or to provide comedy to themselves and their friends by engaging in sexual activities with women who are overweight. In fraternities, hogging refers to a game which is won by the pledge who returns to the fraternity house with the “fattest female who can be found.”
in the 70s and early 80s women at Country Western bars were hot ..not fat....at least in Texas.
Didn’t stop AL Gore!
That's what I told Tipper!"
“Has the author never been to a Wal-Mart/Family Dollar/Dollar General store or a Country & Western bar? I see tons (pun intended) of overweight & obese ladies pushing strollers and shopping carts with babies in them.”
It just dawned on me. Fat chicks is the pro-illegal immigration vote.
I lol’d.
algore recently confirmed this theory.
I got pulled over the other day, and the office said "Sir, have you been drinking?"
I said "Why, is there a fat girl in the back seat?"
That’s one of the nastiest pics I have ever seen LOL. I’m glad I’m fasting now for a medical procedure this afternoon.
It said they had more trouble finding a sexual partner than thin chicks. It didn't say they couldn't get laid at all.
Maybe they were pregnant first, and then got fat.
For a guy, it’s not the BMI, it’s the BMW.
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