Guest Raidne Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 You totally biased the results with your picks. It such a false dichotomy. Under your rubric, what's Heidi (see left). Curvy? Slender? Or The Dushku? IMO, everyone looks best working with their body type. For my money, Anna Paquin's stomach on True Blood last night kind of freaked me out. She looked underweight for her frame. OTOH, Hendricks could drop a few pounds and nobody would say she looked worse. Which is not the same as saying that I think she looks fat, which I don't think she does, but she's got quite a bit of latitude of what weight she could be at due to her frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vethnar Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 If you have choice between Cristina Hendricks and Victoria Beckham, who would you chose?Do you prefer slim or curve woman?Neither. I prefer lean and athletic women. Sprinters, pole vaulters, long jumpers or triple jumpers, for instance. I'm sure women in sports outside track and field can look just as hot, but of course I'm most familiar with those in my own sport.Just to give a random example, Sanya Richards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mya Stone Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 You totally biased the results with your picks. It such a false dichotomy. Under your rubric, what's Heidi (see left). Curvy? Slender? Or The Dushku? IMO, everyone looks best working with their body type. For my money, Anna Paquin's stomach on True Blood last night kind of freaked me out. She looked underweight for her frame. OTOH, Hendricks could drop a few pounds and nobody would say she looked worse. Which is not the same as saying that I think she looks fat, which I don't think she does, but she's got quite a bit of latitude of what weight she could be at due to her frame.As the resident Dushkuologist , I prefer her with a little meat on her bones, a la season 3 of Buffy. She has ventured into the Too Skinny range, and IMO, it makes her look fragile and waifish, which is not part of her charm (to me). I completely agree with your assessment of Christina Hendricks - she is lucky to have such latitude in her "ideal" weight, since her frame allows a bigger number. And STFU Ty - she's not fat. Way to find a completely unflattering picture! I was just talking to Dub about this the other night in regards to Gwenyth Paltrow. I was watching Country Strong (don't judge I was home alone and nothing else was on - plus the guy is kinda hot), and couldn't get over how she had to gain 20 lbs for the role - I couldn't tell at all. But then I saw a pic of her recently in a bikini, and thought that she was way too skinny. However, conversely, you take Renee Zelweger (sp?), put 30lbs on her, and she looks frumpy. For her frame, I think she never looked better than she did in Jerry Maguire - nowadays she's too skinny, as well. But her body type is not forgiving for carrying extra weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smegma Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 I'm not a fan of Victoria Beckham's or Christina Hendrick's bodies. For me, ideal is slim with nice sized breasts - like Kelly Brook. But most importantly, I think it's important to look healthy with one's own shape, however big that is. I think both Becks and Hendricks are not ideal for their body shape and could gain/lose a few pounds and look better. It's funny, cause ever since I gained weight (I think most would refer to me as "thick"?) all of my bigger friends think I look healthy now and looked unhealthy as I was thin, but it's obvious that their bias is showing - at my healthiest I should definitely be thin, given my body frame. Sure, my boobs won't be as big, but neither will my arms/stomach/face/everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former Lord of Winterfell Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 As the resident Dushkuologist , I prefer her with a little meat on her bones, a la season 3 of Buffy. She has ventured into the Too Skinny range, and IMO, it makes her look fragile and waifish, which is not part of her charm (to me). I completely agree with your assessment of Christina Hendricks - she is lucky to have such latitude in her "ideal" weight, since her frame allows a bigger number. And STFU Ty - she's not fat. Way to find a completely unflattering picture! I was just talking to Dub about this the other night in regards to Gwenyth Paltrow. I was watching Country Strong (don't judge I was home alone and nothing else was on - plus the guy is kinda hot), and couldn't get over how she had to gain 20 lbs for the role - I couldn't tell at all. But then I saw a pic of her recently in a bikini, and thought that she was way too skinny. However, conversely, you take Renee Zelweger (sp?), put 30lbs on her, and she looks frumpy. For her frame, I think she never looked better than she did in Jerry Maguire - nowadays she's too skinny, as well. But her body type is not forgiving for carrying extra weight.On the Zellweger scale, I'd prefer Bridget Jones' Zellweger to current bony Zellweger.A lot matters on the frame a particular woman has, and every woman probably has her own body weight at which she looks best. Personally, given a choice between a woman over that ideal weight versus under, I'd bet the over every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungtotte Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 OK here's the deal: Attractive women are attractive.Tall, short, curvy, slim, A-cups or motorboaters, long flowing hair or a buzzcut on a redhead, blonde or brunette, tattoos and piercings or a pristine body... if they look good they look good. All that other stuff is just flavour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former Lord of Winterfell Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 OK here's the deal: Attractive women are attractive.Tall, short, curvy, slim, A-cups or motorboaters, long flowing hair or a buzzcut on a redhead, blonde or brunette, tattoos and piercings or a pristine body... if they look good they look good. All that other stuff is just flavour.Okay, here's a yank out my ass observation.From my, uh, 40+ years on the planet, I've observed that men and women seem to view this differently to some extent, with men leaning more in the curvier direction, and women being more likely to think that thinner is better. (This is NOT a claim that all women see it this way. Just a tendency difference between genders) I know the theory is that women are pushed towards an unrealistically skinny body type by fashion and mass media, but then, why do men not seem as pushed in that same direction in terms of their views towards women given that we live in the same media world? The flip side is that I've heard plenty of women say they don't like men with too many muscles, which comes as a surprise to a lot of men. In my younger and more athletic days, there was a period where I got comparatively bulky, during which my male friends were impressed, but a couple of girls I knew were like "ew, stop that."Eh, feel free to dismiss this random rambling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukelavee Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 To build on Kung's post, and "attractive" is subjective. Hell, "slim" and "curvey" are subjective.based on my history, it looks like slim wins it, then again, honestly, this survey lacks the option of choosing "bugshit crazy" as a body type.odd point - y'know, if you surf the indexes of some of those upload-type mega free porn sites...there are a terrifying number of "hugely curvy in danger of japanese research fleet" women featured. not so many karen carpenters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraPrime Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 This thread will not end well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywolf2375 Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 This thread will not end well.Didn't start well, so at least it's gonna be consistent.based on my dating history....thin, curvy, athletic, slim, rounded, tall, short. whatever.based on who I married? short and hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sis Who Swears Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 This thread will not end well.Pssht. Now why would you think that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICE CROW Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Yeah, cause there's no way any woman could ever be naturally slim.Besides, why the false dichotomy between "curvy" and "slim?" No love for the athletic look?i Meant Natural cus Victoria Beckham had a boob Job and Hendricks is showing the world what she was born with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former Lord of Winterfell Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 and Hendricks is showing the world what she was born with.I've bet that O.B. was never so surprised in his life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider From Mars Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 At this point in my life, I like any woman that will simply give me the time of day. I will look hard enough to find something worth admiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former Lord of Winterfell Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 At this point in my life, I like any woman that will simply give me the time of day. I will look hard enough to find something worth admiring.My wife would so crack me upside the head if I did that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider From Mars Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 My wife would so crack me upside the head if I did that.That same approach also keeps me coming home every night, so she can't complain too much ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eponine Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 The question is never actually about "curves" - it's about trading boobs for a small amount of extra fat. What really has come to annoy me is when people act like the "real women have curves" thing shows their size acceptance. What they mean is that they like big boobs. And that if you don't have boobs, you must stay thin. Because heavy apple shaped women are never actually part of the conversation, even though probably most "real" women who got to Christina Hendricks' weight would just look heavy (but curvy!) and no one would be talking about how ideal their non-hourglass-shaped fat was. It just seems to be a question of whether one likes their models and actresses with more boobs or less boobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former Lord of Winterfell Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 No, don't think so. Hips are half the equation when it comes to curves.How about beer guts? I mean, on men. Yes, or no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eponine Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 No, don't think so. Hips are half the equation when it comes to curves.Very few curvy women, the way that men think of curvy (which doesn't have anything to do with "real"), have trouble putting on hip weight. How many women with natural big boobs can you think of whose hips didn't follow suit? I'm sure that of all the women in the world, there's a few, but it's the exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 this debate is like standing in front of the holy of holies and discussing whether the zadokites have flattering tapestries on the walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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