Comments on: Recessions make men prefer curvier girls?

By: Shelley

Shelley — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:33:15 +0000

I am a natural size 14 – years of yo yo diets have pretty much guaranteed that I’ll never be thin. I just don’t have the discipline to keep the weight off. I have a group of girlfriends who are all size 6, and when we go out together, its always me that gets the most attention. I am confident in myself and dress well which probably helps, but I do find that I am described as “sexy” by my friends and guys alike. I think its great that a woman like myself whom society (and the doctors!) says at a size 14 is obese, and yet I feel great about my figure. I get far more compliments about my figure than my society-approved size 6 friends do. So as long as I stay healthy rather than morphing into true morbid obesity, then I’ll be delighted.

Have I noticed more interest in me since the recession? Of course not! The guys have always been into the Marilyn Monroe type bodies will always be interested, no matter how much cash they have in the bank – and thats great news for women like me!

Peace, love and Double Ds! xx

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:35:43 +0000

Yah for fat girls! They get heart disease and die at 50 so we don’t have to put up with their nasty smelling vagina’s anymore.

Seriously, fat girls have the nastiest smelling va jay jays. We’re not wolves – your rank pheromone stench only attracts fat guys who can’t find love anywhere else and know they have a shot with a girl who weighs more than them.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:28:46 +0000

Wow, there are lot of Cassy fans reading this column, and they all seem to be a fan of the fat chicks. Surprise, surprise. I weigh about 165 and won’t start dating a girl who weighs more than 120. The reason is because they all eventually put on weight, and frankly, I don’t like when a girl is bigger than me. If they are, it’s because they’re overweight, by the scientific definition, and usually obese (unless they’re over 6 feet tall).

Some guys might find obese sexy, but it’s not conducive to producing desirable offspring (fit, attractive, athletic), so that’s my biological excuse for keeping away from the big girls.

And unless you’re a broke ass who can’t take care of your woman financially, her looks shouldn’t mean anything different during a recession. I’ve never heard a guy changing his taste in women when times get tough.

Sorry, Cassy, that’s just wishful thinking on your behalf. And you’re picking at straws to find scientists who support your theory.

By: Reggie

Reggie — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:18:39 +0000

I have always been a fan of “curvy” women since I was a teen… Big girls always have been & always will be sexy to me…

By: Em

Em — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:54:34 +0000

Ouch.

I’m naturally little and thin (5’2″ 106 lbs). Does that mean I should put on forty pounds so I can be “curvy” and “sexy”? Sacrifice the ability to run and move and not wear uncomfortable bras for a muffin top and squishy arms? No thank you. I’m going to continue to be little and thin when all the curvy girls stop being curvy and just get plain old fat.

By: Deadsayer

Deadsayer — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:57:47 +0000

I’ve always preferred slightly plumper, curvy women with a full, hourglass figure. It’s way hotter than the media’s semi-anorexic idea of what’s hot.

By: Morgan K Freeberg

Morgan K Freeberg — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:00:29 +0000

Cassy, Thought you'd enjoy this quote from Andy made at my spot over the last weekend...

The fact the we are here, after a few other dust-ups, at this wicked little cartoon, is a testament to the proclivity of people to tell a writer what his point is because there is something else they would rather discuss. It’s like Godwin’s law with Hefner instead of Hitler. Any discussion involving relationships between men and women will be swiftly directed to a declaration of the evil, unhealthy female body image presented by the media, and the tremendous pressure that it places on girls.

And the cartoon to which he is referring is here. If I had the balls, I'd put it on my next custom-fired coffee mug and take it to work. But I don't. This "Godwin's Law" is very real, and I find I can't even broach the subject at my own blog, with a nearly all-male court being held fer petesake, without getting my head chewed off.

By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:24:03 +0000

I prefer tiny petite women. While there are some that can handle a bit more weight and still look good thinner is better. The hour glass figure is nice as long as the bottom of it balances out with the top which I prefer not to be overly large. I like butts that are tight in other words NOT Beyonce or Lopez too damn flabby. I am already to damn fat and fat on a woman is worse. Fat is just that FAT, BBW is just an excuse women give to allow themselves to be fat. This country is killing itself by telling everyone that it’s OK to be a size 14 ’cause that’s average. We need to lower the damn average to single digits. I admit I’m fat why can’t women? If my knees and feet weren’t so thrashed I’d be doing my best to get back to 200 at most and I’m 6’3″ I felt good and alive at 175 now at 275 I feel like crap, out of breath climbing stairs or even tying my shoes. Overweight can not be in shape no matter what the fat ones say. Lose some weight or you’ll die fat.

By: Pete

Pete — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:41:56 +0000

I’m wondering if this will get posted, since only 1 of 19 had anything to say that didn’t go along with the premise.

Sorry, I like women that are thin, if that means no rolls, no jiggling flab on their arms, a waist smaller than her hips by a decent amount.

Boobs – heck, even very small ones are fine, if the rest is thin (i.e., no flab hanging) and the nice UNEXAGGERATED curves are there – Sure if you have a bunch of flab on your butt, it will make the curves more severe – sorry, that doesn’t make it look better.

Sorry I am tired of women getting upset that I like ones with a below 25 Body Mass Index. Mine’s 25, but I have a 48″ chest, 35″ waist – I am 47. The size is from muscle not fat. It’s what I like to see under a woman’s skin too – defined muscle. Of course, that’s asking too much isn’t it. That’s what I’m told by the ones that don’t like the fit women I date.

Sorry, fat is not pretty. Not to me.

By: Tomomi

Tomomi — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:00:55 +0000

The comments here made me smile…almost all I guess. As a curvaceous woman its nice to see what some men really think. My friend and I have discussed this many times, and actually made a pact to walk with our heads higher and not be put down by our cultures standards of beauty.
And we’re also open to various types of men – they have their own issues as well with this.

* And I don’t believe the economy has anything to do with men preferring bigger women.