Are Thin Women the Enemy?

BBC ^ | 22 March 2012 | Kate Dailey

[Notary Sojac]

The late, great Jeff Macnelly put it quite well:

[Kaylee Frye]

As a woman, I've always thought Catherine Zeta Jones is the epitome of beautiful:

I don't think she's a size 0. ;)

[GenXteacher]

This thread is trending curvy-Hottie-pingworthy.

[mamelukesabre]

Holy crap that looks like my sister in the background!

[mamelukesabre]

BTW, I always liked Monica Bellucci better than Catherine Zeta Jones.

[BlueMondaySkipper]

I've been married for a long time now, but when I was dating I tended to lean toward women who were probably thinner than ideal. I figured that if the relationship lasted for any length of time she would fill out to something nice and curvy in a few years.

If you fall for the curvy 21 year old, chances are she's going to overshoot the mark and have weight issues most of her life. Not set in stone by any means, but aging and children tend to round a woman out a bit. I'm thinking it's better to start a little light so you can settle into perfect.

[numberonepal]

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[wyowolf]

+100000000

[Tunehead54]

It took a while but I think this one is OK ... ;-)

[Vendome]

Bet she feels exactly the way a women is suppose to feel...soft.

Dork husband of hers is a lucky bastuhd.

[Vendome]

I’d hit that so hard I’d be speaking in tongues.

Smoking!!!

[PapaBear3625]

Then again, there's a reason why Christina Hendricks is rarely seen in anything that can't hide an industrial-strength girdle, and NEVER with a bare midriff.

[JustSayNoToNannies]

Fashion reflects acceptable body image — it doesn’t establish it.

I submit that fashion both reflects and establishes acceptable body image ... it's a positive feedback loop.

[PapaBear3625]

For some reason -- can't quite put my finger on it -- the Lords of Fashion decided a long time ago that a "beautiful woman" is a woman who looks a lot of a "fourteen year old boy".

Part of it may be because they like adolescent boys, but probably more because it's just easier to create a dress to fit on a straight cylindrical figure. Curves are complicated to cut a dress for.

On the other side, the women who complain the most about the fashion industry not designing for "women with curves" are not what I would consider curvy. Sophia Loren in her prime was curvy. Raquel Welch was curvy. Most of the complaining women are just fat.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Why people along the lines of Calvin Klein and Yves St Laurent chose that standard utterly escapes me.

Runway models are walking clothes racks. Female curves distract from the line and style of the clothes and lead viewers to watch the models instead of the product.

Fashion shows aren't intended to make men excited or make average women feel bad about their weight. Their purpose is to sell a wholesale product to retailers. That product needs to be on a woman whose body fades into the background and displays the product to maximum advantage.

[mamelukesabre]

wow, where did you find that pic???

If that’s monica, she was VERY young there. I’d say 20 years old. Maybe younger.

[null and void]

Holy crap that looks like my sister in the background!

Phone number, please?

[null and void]

I’d hit that so hard I’d be speaking in tongues.

I always suspected you were a cunning linguist...

[Tunehead54]

If you right-click on an image, at least in FireFox, you can select image location, in this case: http://www.mymonicabellucci.com/pic/20080718/monica_bellucci_-_swimsuit/monica_bellucci_swimsuit_20080718_03.jpg

To find the the pic, I went to Bing, plugged in Monica Belluci and after searching selected "Images" from the bar up top left. Lots more there - just be careful because some would be considered NSFW. ;-) Once in images you can filter by image size to cut down on thumbnails ... Have fun! ;-) BTW, recommend you don't click through any pics with Eastern European extensions like .ru, .cz, etc. unless all your anti-virus stuff is solid and up to date ...

[mamelukesabre]

ha!

she’s married, lives in Kalifornia, and is turning quite liberal these past years.