Think big-Time to end the American war on heavy women.

Jerusalem Post ^ | 8-12-04 | SHMULEY BOTEACH

[Gefreiter]

"Heavy" means "fat", right?

[Chi-townChief]

Where's the Barf Alert?

[ken5050]

Interesting article....Candy Crowley bump..BTW...I don't recall many comments about Barbara Bush's figure...

[Constitution Day]

[Pyro7480]

I think people's conception of "fat" or "heavy" is pretty darn subjective, but I think most of us can agree on one thing. The fashion industry/the media's sense of what a "healthy" woman should look like is often unhealthy. Give me a woman who actually looks feminine, not like a cocaine addict! Here's an example:

Kate Dillon - I think she's attractive.

[jmc813]

I think Edwards' daughter Cate is a major league hottie.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Nonsense. Except for a (very) small number of people with hormonal imbalances, being fat is a choice people make. It's the path of least resistance.

[Gefreiter]

OK, mean....but funny.

I agree with the other poster who prefers ladies who are feminine, meaning curvy and shapely. Sticks are icky.

But I just can't stand it when people hide behind euphemisms because they can't own their condition. Not "fat", but "heavy" for example.

I'm fat. I'm fat because I eat too much and don't move enough. But I'd never tell someone I'm "heavy" or "big boned" or blame it on genes or glands or whatever else.

Just one of those things that bugs me.

[fourdeuce82d]

I concur most wholeheartedly. But I susptect she's only about 160-70. Over 200 it's not as nice.

[Gefreiter]

Hells yeah. See my other post on this thread.

I'll take classic pin up girls over modern stick-chicks ANY day.

[misterrob]

Time for:

How do you know that you are dating a fat chick?

1) She weighs more then you, and you played right tackle back in high school.

2) When you go to bed at night your side of the bed requires a step ladder to reach.

3) Your car's front end is constantly out of alignment and pulls right.

4) You have to buy three movie tickets for you and her when you go out.

5) No one messes with you at the bar, lest they have to deal with your body guard.

6) She is invited to speak at the Lane Bryant company sales meeting.

7) The restaurant down the street with the All You Can Eat buffet sent a No Trespass order to your house.


Any more?????

[Tall_Texan]

genuine, down-to-earth homeliness

Slip of the keyboard?

[petitfour]

And the obsessive American war on fat is also decimating the American family because women are afraid to "disfigure" their bodies with pregnancies and post-partum pounds.

I would like to see some statistics on this. Seems like a leap. Having babies does not make one fat. Eating too much and not burning off the calories makes one fat.

[Constitution Day]

I agree with the other poster too, but there's a 'huge' difference between the photo posted above (a curvy, feminine woman) and someone like E. Edwards, who's just chunky and unappealing.

[Pyro7480]

Here's a page you may enjoy: Judgement of Paris

[Porterville]

Could it be that it is because being obese is unhealthy and leaves children without out parents that die in their 40's and 50's?

Being fat is unhealthy....

[Havoc]

I wasn't aware there was a war against fat people. Did I miss something. I'm not exactly attracted to a waste I can't see for the folds; but, then I don't consider that being at war - save maybe a war of the senses. Shuddering.
Me, I'm an individual, and I happen to like the average 5'6" cuddly brunette with big brown eyes. If I'm gonna throw my back out picking someone up to cross the threshold and possibly break something in the crossing, I don't see that as a match made in heaven but rather a mission impossible.. as in ain't gonna likely happen.

I'm small and thin and have trouble keeping weight on. So I can sympathize; but, let's get real. Ok.

[Redbob]

Of course she's "down-to-earth."

You have any idea how much thrust it would take for her to achieve lift-off?

[Tall_Texan]

Mrs. Edwards' weight is not offensive to me as much as trying to have children late in life while her husband goes around suing doctors that, among other things, try to help women have children late in life.

If she values life so much as to (allegedly) become grotesquely overweight from it, why does she live with a man who values life so little as to vote against the ban on partial-birth abortion?