Comment Re:Women's feelings (Score 1) 177
> firstly, while the media might portray a model
> as being *right*, the simple fact is that guys
> actually prefer women with a more rounded
> figure and a general feeling of warmth.
I've seen a few descriptions of some posters' ideas of what "more rounded" and "normal" figures are. From conversations of this type I've had in the past, I fear that 'more rounded and normal' means Cindy Crawford as opposed to Kate Moss. Cindy Crawford is extremely well rounded, she has wonderful curves, and just about anyone can admit she's a beautiful woman. But she's hardly 'normal'.
Someone once told me that gabrielle reese was an example of a woman who's more normal than supermodels.. Gabrielle is at least 6 feet tall and has rock-solid muscles, again not what I'd call 'normal'.
In my experience, the 'normal' woman is about 5'3, 150-160 pounds. That's actually not very heavy, believe it or not.
To get back on topic, the whole 'cgi model' thing scares the heck out of me, no matter how good the rendering is on the clothing. It's bad enough to hear about cindy (or how she hates to have pictures taken of her from behind because she thinks her butt's too big), even worse for young girls to feel like they have to compete with a 'woman' whose appearance can improve with a few minutes of photoshop.
I hope I don't have any daughters, or if I do, I somehow am able to raise them so that they are self-confident. Not sure how to do that :-)
> as being *right*, the simple fact is that guys
> actually prefer women with a more rounded
> figure and a general feeling of warmth.
I've seen a few descriptions of some posters' ideas of what "more rounded" and "normal" figures are. From conversations of this type I've had in the past, I fear that 'more rounded and normal' means Cindy Crawford as opposed to Kate Moss. Cindy Crawford is extremely well rounded, she has wonderful curves, and just about anyone can admit she's a beautiful woman. But she's hardly 'normal'.
Someone once told me that gabrielle reese was an example of a woman who's more normal than supermodels.. Gabrielle is at least 6 feet tall and has rock-solid muscles, again not what I'd call 'normal'.
In my experience, the 'normal' woman is about 5'3, 150-160 pounds. That's actually not very heavy, believe it or not.
To get back on topic, the whole 'cgi model' thing scares the heck out of me, no matter how good the rendering is on the clothing. It's bad enough to hear about cindy (or how she hates to have pictures taken of her from behind because she thinks her butt's too big), even worse for young girls to feel like they have to compete with a 'woman' whose appearance can improve with a few minutes of photoshop.
I hope I don't have any daughters, or if I do, I somehow am able to raise them so that they are self-confident. Not sure how to do that
