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Posted: 1/16/2008 1:29:15 AM |
sorry i have curves that drive men wild... Don't overgeneralise. Not all men like curves. The only curves I really like are found on a nice mountain touge. | |
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Posted: 1/16/2008 4:38:11 AM | I think being a admirer of a larger lady is great :)
In school being larger was something i was always picked on for, speaking to male friends about this subject they say the exact same as you.
Magazines and tv these days sends a message that women have to be slim blah blah blah which i disagree with.
There is always going to be people out there who mock others and make people feel bad about what they like and what they look like, but thats when we have to say its my opinion or its me! f**k off maybe not so harshly but u catch my drift.
Be proud of what you like :)!
Hope you find the women you want :D
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Posted: 1/16/2008 5:15:19 AM | I really dislike the term 'BBW'.
It's like a Psychological Mask for some people.
Just an obseravtion/opinion on a term, not people who are larger than average.
If you like bigger girls, good for you, shows theres someone for everyone and you have no reason to be ashamed of that! | |
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Posted: 1/16/2008 6:41:01 AM |
now i'm 37 and no longer care what other people think
You go boy! | |
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Posted: 1/16/2008 6:49:57 AM | | I love how people always tend to say recently the media pushs the norm to be thin. Like it's happened in the last 5 - 10 years. I'm 40, I always remember thin being in...and chubby kids picked on. Look back, it changed in the 60's. Then they say Marilyn Monroe was big...no she was a size 8. All the pin up girls were build like that. Hips and chest...but you didn't see a big stomach either. Most men I know do not perfer pencil thin, the boy look. But not anything that jiggles in the middle either. This isn't a rip on big girls. But I'm a realist in life. It's just the way it is. | |
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Posted: 1/16/2008 7:08:07 AM | most guys think of BBW as fat , ugly , unattractive woman . Well , I am attractive to them . back when I was freelance photogragher 20 years ago , BBW woman were seen as not the "model " type . well , that is changing . BBW woman can look "just " as good if not better then some of the models today . cloths are being made for those 14to 27 sizes . I would like to see a runway of BBW woman and modeling todays cloths . " up next cindy is dressed in a nightie . she is looking very good . " to who says BBW woman can not look good . | |
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Posted: 1/16/2008 8:58:41 AM | There are a lot of misconceptions about women who are larger - men think that they are lazy, have extra weight because they sit around and eat all day or that they are "slobs". I am a bigger woman now but I was a size 5 all through highschool and around a size 14 my entire adult life until two years ago. I am on a medication that cause me to gain 40 pounds in two weeks. I am not a binge eater, filling myself with junk food or lazy. One thing that I have learned is that MANY men like bugger women and I am often told that I don't need to lose weight... that I am great the way that I am and they are right.
I too dont like the term BBW - I prefer luscious  | |
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Posted: 1/16/2008 9:46:21 AM | There are a lot of misconceptions about women who are larger - men think that they are lazy, have extra weight because they sit around and eat all day or that they are "slobs". I am a bigger woman now but I was a size 5 all through highschool and around a size 14 my entire adult life until two years ago. I am on a medication that cause me to gain 40 pounds in two weeks. I am not a binge eater, filling myself with junk food or lazy.
There are some women who are fat due to a medical condition, but I think most people can lose weight with a proper diet and exercise. I understand some fat people are comfortable with their weight and don't want to lose weight and that's fine. I wouldn't consider that being lazy.
One thing that I have learned is that MANY men like bugger women
That often depends on how much overweight a woman is. There are many men who would date a woman that is chubby or a few pounds overweight. I think the majority of men aren't attracted to extremely overweight women. I know some women who were obese until they lost a lot of weight. They got a lot more attention from men after the weight loss. Yes increased confidence was a factor, but more men were physically attracted to them after the weight loss. | |
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Posted: 1/16/2008 10:08:51 AM | | I dont think its right to insult thin people either. We are all different and thank god for that.Imagine we were all the same? Variety is the spice of life!!!!!!!!!! | |
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Posted: 1/16/2008 10:52:52 AM |
There are many men who would date a woman that is chubby or a few pounds overweight. I think the majority of men aren't attracted to extremely overweight women.
jf, I think perhaps you are dealing with a cultural perspective. I know if you are talking middle class white America, that seems to be the case. You head into other cultures and other parts of the world and that can change. Beauty is cultural as much as anything else.
Personally, we can all tell looking at my pictures that I'm more than a few pounds overweight and I've never had trouble attracting attention. Honestly, weight seems to be much less of an issue than confidence. When you walk into a place, stand up straight, smile, make eye contact, and present yourself as comfortable and confident, you get attention. Unfortunatly, I've seen a lot of larger women who lack that confidence and i wish I could teach it to them because when your attitude about yourself is good, other people view you more positivly. | |
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Posted: 1/16/2008 11:16:00 AM | Emotion aside... having curves fine... obesity... not good for you... (I'm not saying the other end of the spectrum is any better...)
And as far as a cultural standard... it's more accepted here then anywhere else in the world because it's becoming the average for N.A....
America’s Obesity Epidemic
* In 1960-62, the average man weighed 166.3 pounds. By 1999-2002, the average had reached 191 pounds.
* Similarly, the average woman's weight rose from 140.2 pounds to 164.3 pounds.
* The National Center for Health Statistics reported a dramatic increase in weight when measured by body mass index, a scale that takes into account both height
and weight. Average BMI has increased from about 25 to 28 during the past 40 years.
* Two-thirds of Americans (over 64%) are overweight. Almost one-third is obese.
* According to the U.S. Surgeon General’s report (issued in December 2001) more than 60 percent of U.S. adults are considered overweight.
* The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that obesity is responsible for more than 325,000 deaths a year.
* About 27% of Americans are classified as obese, which reflects a rise by 50% in the last 10 years. Even more startling, a recent study published in USA Today predicts that number will increase to 40% by the year 2005.
Obesity Related Disease
* According to IRS Ruling 202-19, (April 2002), “Obesity is medically accepted to be a disease in its own right.”
High Cost of Being Overweight
* Studies show that obese adults annually incur medical costs up to 36% ($395) higher than those of a normal weight. In fact, the estimated percentage increase in annual spending associated with being overweight is 14.5% and with obesity is 37.4%.
* According to the American Journal of Public Health, weight loss can reduce lifetime medical costs from $2,200-$5,300 per person.
* According to the American Cancer Society, obesity cost an estimated $75 billion in 2003 because of the long and expensive treatment for several of its complications.
* According to the National Institute of Health, $75-$125 billion is spent on indirect and direct costs due to obesity-related diseases.
* According to the New England Journal of Medicine, a weight loss of 7 – 10 % can not only reduce the risks of diabetes, but can also reduce pharmacy costs by $122 per month for diabetes treatment, $61 per month for hyperlipidemia, and $20 per month for hypertension.
* Annual expenditures for gastric bypass surgery, one of the most radical obesity treatments, have quadrupled in the last five years to $2.5 billion says the American Society of Bariatric Surgeons.
Corporate Implications
* Workers with unhealthy weights had a 143% higher hospital inpatient utilization that those with healthy weights.
* Employer health insurance premiums jumped by an average of 13% in 2003, marking five straight years of double digit increases.
* Over the next 12 months, the nation’s employers will incur direct medical care costs of up to $64.1 billion, plus $58.8 billion in indirect costs, from lost employee productivity and premature death
* Annual cost of lost productivity related to obesity is staggering
o 39.3 million workdays lost
o 62.7 million physician office visits
o 239 restricted activity days
o 89.5 million bed related days
* Annual costs of obesity-related diseases are extensive:
o Heart disease, $8.8 billion
o Type 2 Diabetes, $98 billion
o High blood pressure, $4.1 billion
* Companies that have implemented significant, measurable health promotion programs have experienced an average savings of $5 for every $1 spent, at least 20% of healthcare costs. | |
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Posted: 1/16/2008 11:30:04 AM | Actually, if you look, a lot of other cultures (specifically thinking about Polynesian cultures today) celebrate the idea of larger women. It is a cutural norm that is particular to each culture.
One thing that can be traced back through time, in times of plenty, thin women are reveared for the most part. In times of want, large women are celebrated. It has to do with the fact that being able to be the opposite of everyone else is a privledge often associated with higher social status. I would guess it's encoded in our genetics.
It's only recently that we have really had to deal with the health issue brought on by obesity. As we live longer and longer, we find more and more things that our bodies don't tolerate over a longer life span.
BTW, could you please cite the study for your facts. Several of those statements are open to interpretation without looking at the study methodology. Heart disease and type II diabetes, for example, are more prevelant among obese people but are no means limited to those groups so those figures are not terribly accurate. When you talk about workers with unhealthy weights, an accurate study would have to determine those who were of higher weight due to health issues (such as limited mobility) vs those who had health issues due to weight problems. I can find a host of other questions I have about the study qouted as well as it seems to leave out a lot of factors.
I'm not saying that the study is right or wrong, but I am saying that often times research is skewed to prove a hypothesis rather than being unbiased. Obesity can lead to health issues but you actually find that lack of excercise and a poor diet rather than obesity on it's own are the real culprits. Again, I seem to see a habit of studies being over simplified to spoon feed a media report than being truly scientifically accurate and that's a pet peeve of mine. | |
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Posted: 1/16/2008 11:38:51 AM | jf, I think perhaps you are dealing with a cultural perspective. I know if you are talking middle class white America, that seems to be the case. You head into other cultures and other parts of the world and that can change. Beauty is cultural as much as anything else.
You may be right that people in other parts of the world generally prefer larger women. I made my previous statements based on what I see in my general area. Many of the people that I deal with on a regular basis are middle class white Americans, but not all of them. I also said the majority of men ( not all ) aren't attracted to extremely overweight women. That means there are a segment of men who will date and in some cases prefer extremely overweight women. | |
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Posted: 1/16/2008 11:39:37 AM |
Juju, i had you down for liking the more petite woman for some reason.
Really? I had you down as liking anything with a pulse !!!
The thing that shocks me most is that you would worry about what peers thought, follow your heart and make yourself happy without hurting others on the way, tis all you can do  | |
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Posted: 1/16/2008 11:53:48 AM | That's because 95% of studies are co relational and should only be used to define a trend. Those numbers are probably not close to actual directly related reason, rather they outline a trend... which is there... and no one can deny that the outbreak of diabetes in children that is going on right now... but as you stated, there are major variables that aren't directly testable. So is it what they are eating, how much they are eating, or how little they are doing?...
I agree lack of activity and poor eating habits are a larger problem. But being obese is a symptom of that. Are some people going to remain large even with exercise and a good diet... yes, but not many.
As far as Polynesians go....
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/feature/story.cfm?c_id=1501196&objectid=10479296 | |
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Posted: 1/16/2008 12:00:53 PM | Thank goodness. Somebody else in the world who understands that sudies aren't the be all and end all in the world.
I'll check out your polynesian link. My information is second hand from my brother who did a stint in the Peace Corp in the kingdom of Tonga. It was interesting to hear about the different cultural norms ranging from beauty to eating habits to social customs. | |
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Posted: 1/16/2008 12:21:13 PM | I took extensive methodology courses...
It's a really interesting article and also incorporates some of the new gene findings of the past year.
2 Devil's Advocates in the same thread = taking over! | |
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Posted: 1/16/2008 1:01:14 PM | Im big and tall. I have a personality (we all do)
And these are my following opinions
I dont really agree with the term BBW though- not all big women are beautiful in exactly the same was as not all thin women are beautiful.
Surely when looking at this we should consider peoples faces in the equation? just becasue you are 'model' size or deemed 'thin' does not mean that facially you are going to be pretty-and even if a lot of people think you are pretty- that doesnt mean everybody will/does
Its all a bunch of social nonsense influencing our opinions any way, I spent a heck of a long time learning about all this stuff at university and to be honest the whole issue in my head has been done to death.
Like what you like, do what you do- and try not to believe everything you see and hear!
if it looks like an onion, and smells like an onion-its probably an onion- just because the rest of the world starts calling it something different doesnt mean the onion itself changes does it....................see im on a random rant now!
Why cant we just all get on and see past things like this? | |
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Posted: 1/16/2008 1:04:29 PM | | ForumWandere, why does it seem to bother you so much what other women show or don't show and why the heck are you getting rude about it. I'm pretty sure that, as an adult, I will post whatever pictures I want to within the guidelines of the site rules. Just because you are old enough to be my mother, doesn't mean I need to listen to you like you are. | |
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Posted: 1/16/2008 1:06:02 PM |
So, for the BBW or obese women, please show the rest, that goes with that booby shot! PUHLEEZE!
that is sooooooo funny. i have a group of larger female friends ... larger than me, i mean. they all have humongous boobs and LOVE showing that cleavage. are you kidding me? there's a reason men who like larger women like larger women. lol. and there's a reason larger women need that kind of attention, i suppose.
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Posted: 1/16/2008 1:17:28 PM | Why do people say that threads on this site are dull, but then let themselves get so het up by them that they sit here and keep posting?
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Posted: 1/16/2008 1:20:46 PM | Well said Lyndsay
Forum - just because you get off having pictures of yourself in a bikini on your profile doesnt mean that the rest of us want to. Personally, I think it degrades a woman to have all these cleavage shots on their profiles - they are attracting all the wrong men and then wonder why all the want from them is sex.  | |
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Posted: 1/16/2008 1:23:44 PM | Thank you phoenix.rising
And personally I dont want to see anybody scantly clad on a profile regaurdless of their size! From what I have learnt from men-leaving something to the imagination is much better than having it all on display- otherwise why do we wrap up gifts?
Yet on the other hand- I think people should be allowed to do what they want (within reason), I can just choose not to look at it- and if I do see something keep the opinions that may not be the nicest to myself-becasue after all that is all they are MY opinions!! | |
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Posted: 1/16/2008 1:28:31 PM | | does it really matter about size? surely the person inside is what counts? | |
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Posted: 1/16/2008 1:29:48 PM | Smoking is a health issue, being overweight is a health issue- everything these days seems to be a health issue
The council have put a dump practically on my doorstep- I worry more about opening my window nowadays than I do inhaling a bit of smoke............. | |
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