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To: Glenmerle
Somehow, in the land of TV and movies, it's OK for men to be average or even fat while women must be downright thin.

Oh don't get me started on this one! Argh!

34 posted on 08/16/2005 8:46:36 AM PDT by najida (OK, sometimes cropping a picture keeps you from getting in trouble.)
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To: najida
Oh don't get me started on this one! Argh!

LOL. I can get quite worked up about this myself!

41 posted on 08/16/2005 8:50:19 AM PDT by Glenmerle
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To: najida
It's not just the land of TV and movies.

In real life, I often see attractive, fit women with overweight (not morbidly so, but noticeably) out-of-shape men.

It's on TV because it's believable.

Very few women choose physical attractiveness over other attributes in a long term relationship, and very few women are willing to end such a relationship simply because their boyfriend/husband has let himself go.

For women, relative physical attractiveness is a bonus. For men, it's a sine qua non. Has been since the beginning of time.

53 posted on 08/16/2005 8:55:10 AM PDT by wideawake (God bless our brave troops and their Commander in Chief)
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